The Journey to Heaven: Life

After-class

2010-03-11T10:45:00.003+08:00

"Hmm, what papers are you taking this semester?"
"Biological Science, Physical Science, Math with Calculus and Economics..."
"Huh?! Why Economics? Aren't you venturing into a Science field?"
"Yeah, I just had no other option, so Econ will have to do."

I had an Economics assignment due this morning and I thanked God for helping me through this subject which I am pretty foreign to. Stayed up till 1am to pen the answers on the assignment sheets. I just kept writing and checking and double-checking with my friend, Wiki Pedia. I haven't got my textbook yet, so Wiki is my number one Econ dictionary when at home. Even my lecturer said, "You can Google it. It's on Wikipedia." Anton (lecturer) is cool as, bro. I don't hate Econs, I've been finding it rather interesting. Opportunity Cost, Marginal utility and all that. I actually learned something :)

Also had a Math assignment due this afternoon which was only worth 1% of my whole Math paper. Imagine.

*Update* 54.5/55 for Math Assignment. Round it off and it's still 1% :)
Not feeling very well these couple of days, down with a cold. I hope I'll be as hyped as before soon!

xoxovon

Pabo

2010-01-21T01:48:00.002+08:00

I haven't been updating. I feel... nothing =P

Anyway, went to Carvery to celebrate my cousin's 21st last night. I like :)

I've never been to the place before, so I googled it the night before and I was frustrated because the results weren't the ones that I wanted. I typed 'calgary', 'calvary' or 'calvery' and the results I had were related to churches and or Canada. -.-" Haha.

Chicken chop and smoked beef, YUMMY. Hello meat, bye RM48. It was up to standard, so no worries.

I have less than 4 weeks left to spend in Kuching and I'm off to NZ again. I wanna stay home :/

xoxovon
Cost and worth are two different things.

2009... 2010

2009-12-31T21:12:00.002+08:00

This is the time whereby I blog about 2009 and the fact that 2010 aka the New Year is coming. How we should forget the old and welcome the new. Hmm. We'll see...

To be honest, this year has been awesome! So many things, good and/or bad has happened and the best part was, I've never imagined the year would turn out the way it already had. With less than 3 hours left of 2009, it can't be possible to count my blessings and thank God for all the wonderful things He had done for me. He IS the Big Daddy and He knows what's best for me. Here comes Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Activity was low in the months of January and February except when Chinese New Year drew closer and finally came. I pretty much spent those two months hibernating at home, close to rotting in my room.

Then came March and National Service (NS). I dreaded it in the first place, like most or half of the people who got randomly selected to participate in this program. I'm glad to be able to be a part of it. Kem Putra Sentosa (KPS) K2 S6/2009. Charlie Company... CHAMPIONS babeh! One of the highlights and proud moments of my life. Not only did I make new friends, shared ups and downs of semi-military camp life, beared dramatic situations, learned new things and hung out with people from different backgrounds, NS has also introduced me to a new way of life that I would never have experienced if not for NS itself. After many many weeks of living together in a 20-bed dorm with other girls (for me), sharing a common bathroom area with 40 other girls in which we'd have to tolerate with one another so not to take long showers and so on, waking up (very early) in the morning and making sure our bed kits, shoes, bags are neat and properly placed. They've got their own standards there and there are specific ways to do things. *marching boots in the middle, then class shoes on the sides, and then sport shoes. Footwear from home goes behind, left. Blankets should be folded THIS way. Pillow cover should face your locker. etc.* I'm grateful to have met the teachers and friends at NS and to share the experience. Although it felt like a Malaysian version of a summer camp... KHIDMAT NEGARA!

Returned home from NS in early June. Went to Palmerston North on 3rd July 2009 to further my studies. A whole new way of life as a student. The teachers have their techniques and so on. It was fun. A Chinese international, an Egyptian girl and myself were the 'good' students. We always attend class :) Made new friends, bonded with bro, learned more about God. Okay, so yeah I didn't get the scholarship but God has given me so much for the months that I've been in New Zealand it's almost like a dream. Again, a new way of life. Culturally different, from food to road rules (and road courtesy!) and of course, slang.

God has taken me to many places in 2009 and if I could relived the year, I would. I am here because of Him. Thank You :) Hug? *hug* YAY :)

Happy New Year!

xoxovon
Thankful and blessed :)

Be Right Back

2009-12-27T12:10:00.001+08:00

xoxovon
I'm coming home!

Less

2009-12-01T07:56:00.003+08:00

The World of Less & Less
Today?.
Our communication - Wireless
Our phones - Cordless
Our cooking - Flameless
Our food - Fatless
Our desserts - Sugarless
Our labor - Effortless
Our relations - Fruitless
Our attitude - Careless
Our feelings - Heartless
Our politicians - Shameless
Our government - Useless
Our education - Worthless
Our mistakes - Countless
Our arguments - Baseless
Our youth - Jobless
Our ladies - Topless
Our boss - Brainless
Our jobs - Thankless
Our needs - Endless
Our situation - Hopeless
Our salaries - Less and less

From an email. Interesting.

xoxovon

The end is nigh.

2009-11-30T15:53:00.004+08:00

Last day of November. I often remind myself how TIME FLIES.

30 days till I leave for home. I've got a lot of learning to do.

I wanna pick flowers :)

xoxovon
It's not crazy being optimistic.

from nowhere to now here.

2009-11-07T18:06:00.004+08:00

I got sick of Bejewelled after playing it for .. quite sometime tonight. I moved up my scoreboard from 11th to 4th but the difference between my score and #3 is like 200K? haha.

Ahhh, click to enlarge.

Played badminton today. I'm happy :)

xoxovon
Sigh.

Satmyday

2009-10-31T19:07:00.004+08:00

I'm quite tired today. It could be because I only had about 5 hours of sleep. I didn't sleep well, my feet were cold so I got up just to put on my socks (the NS socks for spike boots!). Then, woke up at 8 something because I was going to go do some grocery shopping with a friend. Now, that's EARLY for me since I've been sleeping in and waking up really late the whole week. I feel so bad for waking up so late, I wasted daytime :( Lets hope that'll change for this coming week. Hehe.

Grocery shopping was fun. I haven't been out for that much or that long for the whole week! Yvonne is happy, yay. Went for badminton this afternoon as well, but all of what was burned has gone to waste because of dinner! Man, it's always like that. Exercise, burn and then eat eat eat the carbs back. Haha. Had a potluck (extended edition of OCF) dinner. Yummy food! Yummm. I cooked a vege dish and it looked good *ngaiti, self-praise*. Somehow I feel like I should cook for the family when I get back. But my menu hasn't expanded. Hehe.

Palmy's been good, I'm currently in 'must-save-money-and-try-to-spend-less-especially-on-unnecessary-comfort-food' mode. Sighs. I hope that I can work back about half a thousand dollars. Well, that is from my calculation, from my knowledge of what the average wage per hour is. Hmmm. A little less conversation, a little more action please. :)

1st NOV is Belle's birthday... so if you see this, HAPPY BIRTHDAY :) *throws confetti*

Gotta get some sleep. It's Sunday.

xoxovon
Faith grows.

I miss waiting for the bus early in the morning in the cold. That is, when I've had enough sleep :)

Career choice

2009-10-25T18:59:00.005+08:00

I had a moment just now, just thinking of what degree to take up once I finish my Foundation Studies.

I kinda narrowed things down to Biotech, Food Tech and Med Lab Science. All of that, here at Massey, Palmy. But I was reminded that I'm not limited to doing my tertiary studies in this 'Student City' as I can venture elsewhere and study at other universities as well. When that thought crossed my mind, a rush of feelings went through me. Honestly, I'll be really sad to leave this place, if I had to. NS has shown me that (approx.) 3 months is good enough for me to get to know people and build relationships. I think the same thing has sort of occurred to me here in Palmy.

I cannot imagine having to leave this place at this moment of time. I should surrender myself and my worries about my future to God. He knows and has a plan for me, which as human, I'm constantly searching for.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11

I love this verse.

Random picture: My bible study group ♥. Ooh, I look good in there. Haha.

Anyway, back to career choice. At times I think to myself, "I should have just applied for medicine for JPA." But as some of you may have known, I applied for Pharmacy and I didn't get the scholarship. I'm not saying I'd get the scholarship if I applied for Medicine in the first place. Just a question. What was stopping me then? It was just me, me, me. I didn't want to spend years and years studying. That's why I scrapped out medicine from my list, because it takes a long time and probably the whole of my 20s!

I have at least 6 months to think about this issue: What degree?
It's a pretty difficult and critical decision to make. Hmm. I should be grateful to have time to think about it. Hmm hmm.

At the end of the day, the thing that makes my heart smile (Yes, my heart smiles) even though my day hasn't been going as well as I've wanted it to be, is to know that my Father is the room and He's there for me. I've always tried to picture myself giving Him a really big hug and taking a walk with Him, hand-in-hand. Oh, so nice :) *my heart is smiling*

Sidenote: 26th October is Labour Day. I think it's every 4th Monday of October. That makes 2 Labour Days for me in 2009. It's said that ALL stores will be closed.

'till next time. Cheers :)

xoxovon
I'm looking for a part-time job.

Some things I did here in NZ

2009-10-24T17:08:00.011+08:00

... but not when I'm back home in Malaysia. These are all quite recent, or maybe not so but still...
Anyway, all of them happened here in NZ.

Are you ready? Seriously, are you? ... Enjoy :)

Threw a 'steamboat' surprise birthday dinner for a dear friend of mine. We had so so much food that night, was seriously bloated. Over-bloated, if there's such a thing! Yummy *slurp*

"Come on, cow. Stand still, don't move away so I can take your picture." That's exactly what I said to the cow and it didn't move away! Yeah, I talked to a cow. :) I think cows look very blur. Haha. This photo is my current cellphone wallpaper.

I also took some really pretty pictures with my cellphone, like this one. The sky, at about 730pm, spring time from the backyard. Ah, the beauty of nature, God's creation.

This one too. Blossomed cherry blossoms (Sakura) at Massey University. This photo was my cellphone wallpaper, and will be again somewhere in the near future.. hehe.

Say 'Hello' to Kai, the mouse. He's my brother's pet. Yeah, it's a 'he'. Kai Kai's so cute. He's not like any other ordinary (yucky) mouse. He's special, that's why I talk to him too ;)
Don't worry, we don't just let him run around loose. He has his own 'space ship'-like house.

Went snowboarding for the first time with a great bunch of people, got an ADULT ticket when I could have gotten a YOUTH one. Mistake, mistake. Also, fell on my bum a billion times and had a sore bum for days. It was an awesome experience though. Now, I can cross 'snowboarding' off my list and wait for bungee-jumping. :)

Celebrated my 18th birthday early in the morning (The day after snowboarding)! I was just brushing my teeth when they brought the cake+candles out, hence the look on my face. Thanks so much to you people! :)

Lied (and posed) on the road where I believe cars have gone over and cattle too. Only in New Zealand.

Went to a friend's house close to midnight to give him a birthday surprise (in my pajamas). And I didn't have a seat belt on that night. How risky. Yikes.

9 photos so far...

... and I'm not even close to getting done yet!! Bet you didn't see THAT coming.

Jumped many many times for photos like this at the Wind Farm. Coolness. Credits to couz Kelvin for the photo :)

Never been so happy to eat chiffon/pandan cake. Back in Kuching, you can get it at Mita cake house anytime but sadly, not here :/ Glad to have couz Kel over that weekend. This cake experience was during a Merdeka Day potluck dinner. I even 'ta pao-ed' some of the chiffon cake.

This was taken when I took a short class trip to Japan. NOT. haha.
I got to see pretty flowers blooming, like this Cherry Blossom tree at the Victoria Esplanade. Reminds me of some Asian drama or something.

PPA overload!! This is only ONE evidence of a PPA overload, okay. That's me doing the 'baby unicorn' and Olivia doing the ... scissors pose. =P

If you were wondering why I was dressed as such in the photo before, how about this one! This is Quiz Night@Grace City Church (the church I go to) and the theme was 'Time And Time Again'. We had to dress up as a group from any 20th century decade and somehow my group came as 'school boys & girls' with high socks, shorts and collar-T under sweater. I looked like a soccer player though. Haha. Those in leather jackets and shades are from the '80s I suppose.
It was a great night! I really enjoyed it. It was a competitive night, filled with loads of laughter and some really random (but hard) questions!
"How many squares are there on a roll of (brand name) toilet paper?" LOL

I made dessert! I was never really confident about my cooking/baking but this time it came out all good! There's my apple crumble, bottom right corner of photo (with a white spoon in it). Umm yummy. I have to make some when I get home because I told my mom I would :)

Done! ... Almost.

Put together some white and black clothes to look like a panda for OCF's AGM. My group dressed up as pandas 0.0 and we were all very the cute! Haha. The theme was 'Animals'. Other groups were pigs, wolves and there was a bee too! I actually bought that white shirt for $3.50 at the Salvation Army. It was an interesting story, how I got that shirt. Again, what a night! :)

Last but not least, Yvonne and alpacas! Ah, they're so cute. This was at the Sakura Festival@IPC. They remind me of The Emperor's New Groove. The llama. haha.

Okay. That was the last one, no joke.

WAHHHHH this post is overloaded with photos X.x Someone must be happy.
That's a sneak peak of some things I did here in NZ. I'm in Palmerston North. I know, when NZ pops out, you think kiwi bird and Auckland.

Gotta catch the bus to church tomorrow so I'd better get ready for bed. Cheers and have a goodnight.

xoxovon
The Lord has promised good to me
His words my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures

Micro update

2009-10-08T17:21:00.003+08:00

Just popping by here to give a little update so that my blog doesn't look so dead or lifeless. Plus, there will be photo(s) this time! :D

The week has gone by fast. Blink, blink; sleep, wake up, eat, shower, class, eat, sleep; rinse and repeat; it's already Thursday and tomorrow's Friday. I have two tests tomorrow which I'm kinda excited about because one is vocabulary and the other is a lecture test. The kiasu that I'm sort of, I'm gonna do my best and obtain top marks if possible.

Besides that, tomorrow is gonna be a historical day as OCF moves in to the new chaplaincy building! Now it's called 'the Centre' aka Waiora. The place is super fine as, bro. It's got much more room than the old one, obviously. Excited :) It's gonna be my... 3rd home? hehe.

Here's how it looks like. The picture is taken from the main bus stop at uni, while I was waiting for my ride.

The following photo is taken at 7.32pm from where I'm staying. Spring is not getting any warmer than winter at all. It's been cold and it even snowed. In spring! Twice! Not in Palmy though but in other parts of North Island. Enjoy the view. :)

A picture says a thousand words.

xoxovon
Goodnight.

Air Mail

2009-10-03T17:23:00.004+08:00

I have yet to dedicate a post to the slimmest and trimmest Hippo in the whole wide world. She's none other than Ms Eunice Lau Hee Poh. Haha. Don't worry, that's not her full name.

Anyway, this post is uber late. I just transferred these photos from my (awesome) phone.

I had my 18th birthday away from home and I celebrated with people whom I've known not for long. I've only known them since I came here. Everyone except my own biological brother, of course. However, they made it feel like home away from home. :)

A few weeks after my birthday, I came back from class and I saw a package with Malaysian stamps and my name on it. I wondered from whom that could be? Hmm.

Thank you so much, Neece. You're so pretty! I mean, NICE. :)

There's one sticker which says "SECURITY CHECKED" and that shocked me. Then, I checked the date, it was dated 2007. -.-"

I haven't seen my 'Will' for a while now. No wonder I'm gaining weight. Haha. Oh. By the way, I've been wearing 'em slippers aka flip-flops. But we call 'em jandals here. Sounds so much cooler than Se-lee-per. haha.

After I opened the package that afternoon, a lightbulb appeared above my head and it gave me an idea. Why not have Maggi for lunch? :D

And TADAAH! My first Maggi ever since I came to NZ. KARI yoh!! There's Maggi here, it's just that I didn't bother buying them. Hehe. Imported leh. Neh, Neece can be my importer. Haha.

What's Maggi without an egg? :)

I've saved the other two instant noodles for a rainy day. The 'Banana Peel' jandals aren't slippery at all. (Lame joke attempt).

Thanks to you who wished me by means of technology too, e.g. text message, Facebook...

I've decided to go to bed early tonight and not linger in cyberspace until the wee hours of Sunday morning. Besides, some research shows that getting fat is related to sleeping late. Yikes.

xoxovon
MUMSA Raya open house is tomorrow. I've been picturing Rendang in my head. *drools*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM :)
I'll bake what I baked when I get home. <3

Questionable thought(s)

2009-10-02T20:47:00.003+08:00

I tend to say silly things in which I don't think before I say something. In other words, we call it 'talking outta yer ass, bro'. Haha. And I regret it. I remind myself not to talk too much because whatever I say may be nonsensical and at times my words might hurt others' feelings without realizing it myself. Sounds foolish, aye?

Anyway, it's October already! Man, does time fly or what. 3rd October is the Mid-Autumn Festival aka Mooncake aka Lantern Festival. However, it's sort of 'Mid-Spring' Festival in the hemisphere I am in. Haha. It's also my dear Mommy's birthday. :) I hope lil' bro and dad are doing something for her. I like to think that I have more of her genes because I have pretty good teeth :D and her hair doesn't go grey/white yet! There are some though.

I have a few questions to ponder on as this week comes to an end and a new week awaits next week :)

1. What do I need?

2. What am I doing with my life?

I just watched Fireproof and it's actually a pretty good movie. Even better, if you're married. Well, even if you're not married, you can still enjoy it and pick up lessons from the movie. One particular line in the movie struck me like BAM, that's it. It goes something like this: "How can I show love for somebody over and over again when he/she constantly rejects me?" If I was the one rejected in such a way, I'd feel tremendously awful. Extremely terrible. It'd be as if someone stuck their hand into my chest, breaking the ribs and making their way through the intercostal muscles, grabbed my heart and ripping it out of its place. Then, slammed it against the wall and letting it drop to the ground. After that, stomping on it with their feet, shattering the heart to pieces subsequently making the organ that symbolises love, unrecognizable to the human eye. Sounds like a bad exaggeration attempt. Ngaiti lor. How do you think He would feel? And after all the bad things that we've done, He still loves us for who we are. God hates the sin, loves everyone. Although He hates the sin but still loves us, it doesn't mean that we should/can go on doing things that please us and are against Him.

That's just a thought. Sighs, I need sleep now. NZ is currently 5 hours ahead of Malaysia, making it harder for me to catch friends online at the right time.

Remember to be thankful for every day that you get to live and see your family and friends. Do keep in mind those who are having troubled times. Try to be there for them, I know it's not easy. It's always easier said than done. Pray for them if you can. (eg. those affected by the earthquakes).

xoxovon
I thank God for surrounding me with awesome people. :)

Daylight Saving

2009-09-26T19:55:00.002+08:00

From 27th September 2009 onwards, New Zealand will be 5 hours ahead of Malaysia. Which means we, here, are going to set our clocks one hour forward. That's one hour less of sleep for us and one hour less to get ready for church. Haha.

According to sources, it starts at 2am on the 4th Sunday of September. I don't know why 2am, I haven't researched on that.

Although it's 12am now, I would like to think that it's already 1am. It's the same anyway, I don't have to wait till 2am to set my clock. I mean, I'll have to wake up an hour earlier than what I used to wake up but it's still the 'same time'. If I usually wake up at 8am on Sundays, then I'll have to wake up at 7am, last week's time, but it's going to be 8am.

:D

I'm having a cold now. At one point I was sure that I was going to have blisters or the skin under my nose peeled due to over-blowing. Fortunately, that has not happened yet. Toilet paper was my best friend today (Sorry, people). It is not fun at all especially when mucous builds up in my nasal cavity. Although the mucous is meant to protect me, it can get annoying as my respiratory passage way gets blocked and I'd have to breathe through my mouth. Hence, my mouth would be open all the time which sort of makes me look like a retard. Ooh, harsh.

I just searched on paracetamol and mucous. I'm going to read on those sometime soon because they sound interesting. It's Biology (and Chemistry)! I love human biology, learning about the human body, how it works and the functions of this and that. There are many long and hard names though, I have to admit. Sacrum and coccyx, who can ever forget those two.

I now have one hour less to sleep.

xoxovon
I sat by the piano and figure out Beautiful Saviour in under 30 minutes or so.
Joy :)

Gratitude

2009-09-24T17:06:00.005+08:00

What position am I in to complain when compared to those who are less fortunate than I am?

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, mainly thoughts about life. I start telling myself to complain less and as humans, we tend to complain about things (a lot of things). Even the smallest of the smallest issue such as the (stupid) machine that does not want to work when you want it to work (because you cannot operate it). What an analogy, I know. Anyway, you get my point.

I've been facing quite a number of problems lately, most of them are related to my studies. I think it's safe to say that ALL of them are related to my education. I planned to do Summer School so that I could start 1st Year in Feb 2010 but it doesn't seem likely now. So I have to opt for the Feb-July Foundation Semester and this will allow me to start 1st Year in July 2010 instead. However, more problems emerged as time goes by. Whether it's the paper not being offered, the entrance requirements, the time or just me worrying too much. This is where I let out a big sigh.

Today, someone told me that it might take me more than a year to do 1st Year. I almost cried. Seriously. In my head, I went "WHAT?!". I've told myself (and some other people) that I didn't want to grow old studying, that I want to finish university quickly. Then, at a friend's birthday dinner: "No matter how old you are, you'll still be learning...". That's so true. And some say that when the time comes, you won't even realise it. 3 years will go by just like that. For instance, my brother is already doing his final year. I've been in NZ for almost 3 months and it sure doesn't feel like it although I miss things back home.

Then comes the big question: Shouldn't I be grateful that I am able to have education, from kindergarten all the way to where I am now? Yes, I am thankful for that. Hallelujah. :) Hence, I shall not complain, rather, I should find ways to overcome my current problems. So what if it takes me longer? (Actually, I do care because time is precious and more years means more money spent) I've got the opportunity to attend Uni. I'm blessed. :)

I believe that every time we're faced with challenges, those trials somewhat prepare us for something much bigger in the time to come.

It has been raining all day long and the winds aren't of any help at all. A combination of those two makes the day wet, cold and depressing. Thus, you can tell how my mood has been today. Despite all that, I do try to cheer myself up. Positive thinking helps :) There's always hope and God is hope for the hopeless! Father to the fatherless, Love to the loveless!

Here's a picture of the Sun's ray shining through the Earth's atmosphere, reaching the ground and me. Lighting up the wide and open sky, warming up a cold day of September Spring in Palmerston North. How I long for another day like that after a rainy week. :)

I feel happy when the Sun shines.
Warmth... :)

I'll continue about Gratitude another time. It's getting late.
Just keep in mind to be thankful for every second, minute, hour, day and year of life.
It's life, shit happens. Get up, wipe that dust off and move on. :) And.. things are of course easier said than done. Hehe.
Have a goodnight.

Feeling better and blessed.

xoxovon
Looking forward to OCF AGM. Although I haven't fully recovered from my sickness, I'm not gonna let that stop me from having fun with my brothers and sisters. =D

Spring Raya

2009-09-18T20:40:00.003+08:00

I haven't blogged in 2 weeks. That's just intolerable! haha. This goes to show just how 'busy' I've been. By the way, it's SPRING! Winter's over! It's still cold though. Ahh, NZ.

Oh well. As usual, many things or events had occurred during my time here in The Land of the Long White Clouds, New Zealand. Last Saturday, I went to my friend's trial class for Body Combat. It was fun, man! Great workout. 10 tracks, more than an hour of jabbing, punching, elbows, knees, kicks, etc. Moreover, it was free :D I'm not a gym member yet so I can't go to the classes and use the gym anytime I want to. I can only use the courts for badminton and so on..

Raya's coming very very soon aye? I kid you not, I miss Raya cakes and cookies :/ ...but I've already put on weight so I can just forget about them. haha. Otherwise I'll have to purchase to seats on the plane when I fly back :P Last year's Raya is still fresh in my mind. I miss home.

I'm also trying to learn more about God. Slowly, taking small steps everytime and each step that I take will push me forward, into the right direction of course, hopefully. Today's study was about Wisdom and we discussed how wisdom and knowledge are two different things which at often times, we assume it's somehow similar to each other; that both touch on learning. Well, knowledge is basically something that we can obtain by reading, it's simply 'head knowledge'. We can memorise it, use it to answer questions but not know how to apply it in life whereas wisdom is acquired from an external source, e.g. God, experience. Wisdom is seen as something much greater than knowledge, to me. Ahh, I still need time to disect and digest this topic and with wisdom, I shall be able to understand it better :)

Neece sent me something. So sweeeeeeeeeet she caused my diabetes and obesity. Don't know to be happy or sad here. haha. I love my Will. Ngaiti, that totally 'washed my eyes clean clean clear clear' man. LMAO ah. I'm wearing the jandals now (yeah, in the house on carpeted floor), trying to make them stretch, flexible and bigger. :D Thank you so much *hearts*

I'm not posting up any pictures now due to inconvenience of Bluetooth-ing 'em photos from my lovely phone (and laziness). I've got new photos up on my Facebook though. Go check them out. Patience, good stuff takes time to be produced. My camera battery is being charged now because there's Sakura Festival on Saturday and I hope I can snap photos to share with you guys and because I feel like giving my phone a break from taking photos.

Till next time, cheers :)

xoxovon
Emmanuel's gonna fly next week. Jia you!

Mid-sem break

2009-09-04T18:25:00.009+08:00

I just talked to my mom for almost an hour. It was fun. Mother-daughter conversation session, I haven't had that in a while.

My mid-sem break is almost over. I'll have to go back to class on Monday. It's a =( for everyone for sure. But I should feel grateful and I thank God for everything that has happened, for that I am alive to experience new things in my life, for the awesome people around me, for that I'm able to be 18 and for just about everything. Our God is an awesome God :)

I had 2 weeks of break and now there's only 2 days left. Time flies when you're having fun.. so they say. I went snowboarding during the first week and that was something I really looked forward to although I was a bit scared, I have to admit, after hearing news about skiers dying on the mountains due to avalanches and so on. I went with 15 other people, including my brother. A convoy of 4 cars making their way to Mt Ruapehu and I was riding shotgun.

It was August 25th, the weather looked fine in the morning but it started to look more cloudy once we reached higher altitudes. Then, it drizzled. =( You won't have fun if you limit your budget so tightly, so I put $200 in my card for this trip. Haha. It was that darn adult ticket that cost me extra when I could have bought the youth ticket. Maybe I was just too excited. The snowboarding lesson went on for more than an hour I think, so it was worth it. We snowboarded the whole afternoon.

Yvonne sitting on her bum...after she fell.

Falling on ice is not that bad compared to falling on cement ground.

We stayed overnight at someone's house and the next day was my 18th birthday. I didn't expect a big celebration but my friends surprised me that morning. How did you guys hide the cakes? haha. Thanks, people! When I woke up, I checked my phone and there were a few text messages. Thank you :) Someone sent twice, wah. <3.>

Aviator shades are not for me :/
Beatrice & I in shades that don't belong to us. We're both 18 now, at least until October comes.

On the way back, we stopped by at the Raukawa Falls lookout to look at what else if not the waterfall itself. It's a small one though. Ah, nature is pretty :)

Raukawa Falls

No one warned us about the upcoming road block. It was out of the blue!

A herd of sheep!! My bro said they were moving to another paddock, which was just across the road. So that was a free sheep show for us all. haha.

Sheep ass. Run, sheep, run!!!

Sheep on the run!

My housemate made me kuih salat in a shape of a cake.

With housemates. Thank you :)

After dinner, I went to my friend's place to hang out. Their place is pretty :) I can't really recall what I did for the next few days except... potluck, church, eat-out and Amy's birthday on Merdeka day. We went to Himatangi beach.. in the middle of the night, kinda. It was fun though. I don't know when I'll ever get to do that again. Only in NZ! haha.

Made a trip up to Hamilton on Wednesday, came back last night. NZ is such a great place to have a road trip. There's always somewhere to go or some place to stop, just to look around and take pictures. It took us 7 hours (according to my timer) to get from Palmy to Hamilton and this includes toilet breaks, stops and other random stuff. Oh ya, stopped by Puzzlng World after Taupo.

The weather was amazing and beautiful that day! The sky was clear and sunny.. indescribable! God's wonder. I just wanted to stand under the sky and do nothing..but I was in sitting in the car.

Place your fingers on the screen, you can almost touch the snowy mountain.
The view of Mt Ruapehu from the car. So clear and beautiful! What a good day to go snowboarding but unfortunately, we couldn't fit it into our schedule :(

Stopped by McDonald's in Taupo for toilet break and had $2 Deluxe Cheeseburger.

Does the next picture look familiar? hmmm.

Me, Amy: 2nd Sept.

YY & Sabrina: June/July

haha. Nooo! Wrong timing=different shadows. And also slight difference of standing position =P

In the plane, having our burgers.

Hamilton!!

Lake Rotoroa, Hamilton at sunset

Then we went to Hamilton Gardens. It was cool bro. I wished we could have spent more time in Hamilton.

Celebrating my bro's 21st. Dinner was good, yummy food! :)

On the way back, we witnessed snowfall! It was snowing along Desert Road! I put my hand out of the window to feel and play with the snow. I even stuck my tongue out of the window a bit. haha.

Snowy Desert Road.

Happy 21st Birthday, bro. :)

I hope I can use the remaining non-schooling days wisely. It's gonna be a long 6 weeks till semester comes to an end. WWJD?

xoxovon
I need to work out.

I am alive

2009-08-29T17:06:00.005+08:00

It's been a really long while since my last post and many things had happened since then. I just didn't bother to find time to blog. Oopsie =P Lets see.. I'm having my 2 weeks of sem break now and there's one more week left (Nooooo), I haven't touched my school work =(

In the last couple of weeks...

-stayed up till 3am to finish up presentation slides and obtained 16/20 for the presentation. That was close..
-stayed up till late to finish up essay plan and managed to hand it in on time (did printing in comp lab in the morning before deadline)
-baked muffins and brownies (I only started baking in NZ, cool as. haha)
-went snowboarding a day before I turned 18! Oh, I turned 18. Sweet as =P

Went to Whakapapa ski field at Mt Ruapehu on Tuesday and snowboarded the whole afternoon. It was drizzling, not snowing :( It was awesome although I fell countless times. I put my phone and wallet in the so-called waterproof jacket but they got wet. Well, the pants and jacket ARE waterproof, it's just that I fell so many times maybe ice got into my clothes and made them all wet. Anyway, my phone was alright. I was all wet after snowboarding and ended up with sore arms, thighs and bum. But it was so much fun! I wanna do it again.. and I'll get the YOUTH ticket next time! What a waste of money, bought the adult one the other day. Tsk.

Played Cranium that night. Club Cranium was interesting. Haha. The next morning, friends celebrated my birthday. How sweet of them :) The candles were funny because they rekindled for a few times even after I blew them out. Imagine blowing out 18 candles over and over again. Haha..

A few weeks before that, I went to Camp Chica aka Girls' Camp. I had a great time and yeah, 2 days, 1 night is definitely not enough but we had to settle with that cos' we're all busy students :)

So far, I've been away thrice.
Wellington- with OCF for Cultural Marketplace
Woodville- OCF+MUCF Camp Chica!
Whakapapa, Mt Ruapehu+Raetihi- snowboarding (Imagine accomodating 16 uni students in a 2-bedroom, one-storey house. The wonder of sleeping bags..just crash anywhere and snooze)

Wind turbine@wind farm

Yeah, life is pretty good here :) Would be better if I won the Lotto jackpot prize. Haha.. Nah, money is only temporary happiness, not eternal. Having a relationship with God is so much better. I've learned more about Him since I got here. I can say it's because of the people who are surrounding me, they're such good companions, my brothers and sisters. I also have the desire to learn and know more. It's like this thirst I have.. haha.

No OCF during mid-sem break, kinda missing it now :/ Tomorrow's Sunday, meaning church and after-church lunch I suppose, like the usual. And then Monday, and then... I'll try to get more pictures up on the blog. There are pictures on Facebook :)

Neece, come online. We have YET to webcam.

Till next time, cheers.

xoxovon
Grace is God at work :)

Webcam-ing afternooon

2009-08-14T12:43:00.004+08:00

NS experience ...

TKL & Cikgu John showing me the food tray, making me nostalgic ... and smile like crazy.

... priceless. =)

xoxovon
More to come :)

Happy Birthday Eunice

2009-08-08T08:00:00.002+08:00

It's..... Eunice's birthday!! :D Hah, I bet the title gave it away already.

No, not this Eunice. She's too young and cute to be 18..

It's this Eunice! The shopaholic! The one stuck at Kuching. haha.. *I just wanted to be in a picture with Neece :)*

Hey, girl or should I say young lady. HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY! Don't be sad because most of us couldn't be physically present to celebrate your big one-eight with you. Nevertheless, you will be in our hearts and minds (my heart, my mind!) haha. Don't go wild and all that just because you turned 18 and have the label 'Legal' above your head. Hehe.

Umm.. I still owe you a post ay? I have to go somewhere and will be back on Sunday so .. I kinda need to get some sleep now. God bless you, and me.. :) Take care, alrite?

p/s: I'll be waiting for your call. It's my turn now.. haha. kidding.

Have fun, be merry, leave your worries :) xoxo

Plus, here's a little treat for all and an extra gift for the August babies.
Thanks Belle for introducing the song to me.
Cheers.

All I need now is someone to help me play the right hand/top part and there we have it, a duet! :P

xoxovon
It's been a long week and I foresee the same thing for the upcoming weeks.
Wish me luck ;)

Quick update

2009-08-04T17:04:00.002+08:00

I just read the news online that KPP is closed for the moment because they've got 4 trainees tested positive for H1N1. (KPP means Kem Puncak Permai, Bau) Wow. People of Kuching/Malaysia, be more hygenic =P and take good care.

I remembered back when I was at NS, I didn't know much of what was going on outside of camp. Seriously. I hardly read the newspapers and when I do read them, it's only like once in 2 weeks or whenever I can find time to. One day, my friend came up to me and asked, "Eh, you know got swine flu now?" I had no clue what that was. It was after that that I started searching for the articles on the newspapers. I'm so thankful that there wasn't any terrible incident going on during my batch. :)

Anyway, I just had my first test last Friday. It's 5% of my English paper. I was a happy girl yesterday when I got back my paper and saw 25/25 on it :) That means I have 5% already and I need another 45% to pass this paper. However, I'll have to pass the other paper as well to move on into the 2nd semester.

I have to get on with my assignments now..
Cheers.

xoxovon
Wedges, my guilty pleasure..

August is THE month :)

2009-08-03T18:29:00.006+08:00

Today is the 3rd of August. It marks exactly one month since I left home for here, NZ. However, that is not my point.

It's someone's birthday today. =D

I love my phone :). If it wasn't for it, I couldn't take or upload any pics (since my xD card is still not satisfied being stuck in the card reader). The picture was taken at KIA during my NS semester break (I wasn't the end product of NS yet, still chubby you see.. haha). And he still has his NS haircut.

I've known you for not too long, but it doesn't feel that way :) I'd prefer not go on elaborating here because I'd rather say things to you directly. This feels so weird. Haha. Nolah. Actually, I'm sleepy and I'm going to bed soon.. =P I haven't been able to catch you online for a while now though. It's understandable, considering the current circumstances.

I just think that people should feel special on their birthdays. Do you? There are many more birthdays to come this August and one of them is *coughminecough*.

Happy Birthday, Yan Le!

Another year means you're getting older
but..
Older is wiser :)

now i'm speechless.. because I'm thinking about tomorrow. sighs.

xoxovon
I should be sleeping but ...

4 weeks

2009-08-01T19:48:00.004+08:00

Wow, it's already August!! And I've been away from home for 4 weeks now. Time flies ey.

I haven't forgotten my roots, don't worry. Although I may pick up a tiny bit of different accents while I'm here. Haha. I've got a Scottish and a Kiwi as my teachers. 3 Middle-Easterners, one Chinese, 2 Thais, a few others and a couple of Kiwis as classmates. I just realised something as well. I can't introduce myself as, "I'm Yvonne from Kuching" or "... from Sarawak". It has to be Malaysia :P Don't get me wrong, I'm proud to be a Malaysian (for all the right reasons of course). One of the saddest thing that has occured is that some people don't know where Malaysia is. They know we exist but they don't know our location. Like WTH right? My Chinese friend asked me this once: Is it cold, like this, in Malaysia during winter time? Major -.-" ey? Haha.

This one isn't going to be long because it's late and I need to get some sleep. I slept at 3am and today has been a long day. A bunch of us OCF members went down to Wellington to show some support at the Cultural Marketplace event. It's a fund raiser. Loads of international food there and other stuff as well.

Henna

My throat didn't feel so well after lunch today. We went to 'yam cha'. Had dim sum. That's my 3rd time in NZ and all in different cities. Auckland, Palmy and Wellington. The pattern tells me that my next dim sum will be south of all those cities I've mentioned. =P Ah, so yummy! But I need to control my food consumption, for real. It is winter but so what.

I had a Listening Test on Friday from 9-940. Class was 1030-1130. One hour, awesome ey? Many of them went straight home after the test and skipped class. PFTT.

Small lecture theatre, where the test was held.

Before I end this post, here's another picture (to make you salivate and drool all over your keyboard, not). The wedges at Uni's cafeteria are Oh-so-nice. They keep calling my name whenever I'm at the main campus. Haha.

Ignore the heading on the newspaper & my friend's phone.
Btw, that isn't polystyrene. It's like a paper box.

See, Eunice. I do have pictures on my blog :)

xoxovon
I made pancakes for breakfast.
*brushes imaginary maple syrup on imaginary pancake*

Hijau

2009-07-30T04:27:00.004+08:00

Oh..anok-anok
tokleh meghaso mandi laok
Besaing,maing ghama-ghama
Ale lo ni tuo umurnyo bejuto
Kito usoho
Jauhke dari malapetako
Ozon lo ni koho nipih nak nak aghi
Keno make asak
Hok biso wei,pasa maknusio
Seghemo bendo-bendo di dunio
Tokleh tehe
Sapa bilo-bilo Hijau by Zainal Abidin

I miss how we sing it at least twice every morning before class starts (at NS). This is my favourite part of course.. :)

Gotta go to class now.
Cheers.

xoxovon
from the computer lab...

Uphill battle

2009-07-25T20:07:00.004+08:00

I went cycling this afternoon. I cycled to the city centre and back. Man, it was cold. The rush of wind blowing in my face and body. Chilling.. *shivers* Going was easy, coming back was hard. REALLY HARD. To get to where I'm living, I'll have to go up a hill. It doesn't look that hard when going by car but by bicycle.. fuyoh. I felt like passing out.. haha. I was gasping for air as I made my way up. I guess my brother was right, I didn't really know how to change the gears. So I decided to push the bike instead. There was an Asian guy cycling too. He was paddling slowly and he passed me.

Guy: Hi :)
Me: *gasp* Hello *gasp*

When I finally reached home, I was so so glad. I told my housemates about my experience up that hill and they laughed at me..pretty hard. Haha. Come to think of it, it was quite funny. It was like a slap in the face telling me, "See, who asked you to cycle. Your brother already advised you not to since you didn't know how to use the gears." Nonetheless, if I never try then I'll never know.

*update* Sunday.

My housemates and I decided to watch X-Files on my laptop but what a turn off it was. I don't know what's wrong with my laptop last night. Eveything seemed to go wrong. It kept stopping the movie every few minutes. Plus, my camera xD card is now stuck in the card reader. It was partly my fault because I sorta put it in a little bit senget but why why why. I'd rather pay someone 100 bucks to help me take it out safely than lose all the pictures I have in it :/

To me, pictures are worth more than a thousand words. Although they are still pictures that only capture one moment or one expression, but when I look at pictures, there's more than just that particular memory that flashes inside of my head. If I look at one NS picture, I'd think of the other moments I had at NS as well. Get what i mean? Sighs..

Went to yam cha after after church today. Dim sum!! Ah. There's plenty of Asian food here but.. still no Kolo Mee. Ask someone who's doing kolo mee business in Kuching to migrate to NZ and start a Kolo Mee business QUICK! Sure sell like hot cakes one.. NZ got a lot of Malaysians also mah.. haha. If not, then my brother and I will eat at your stall once a week. haha.

Then my bro went for a drive so we drove passed the Manawatu Gorge. Hen piao liang le! Haha.
But then my camera card is STUCK in the card reader. Sooooooooo babi. :P Oh well, gotta be strong! Have faith. Worry: BAD, Pray: GOOD =)

Tomorrow's Monday again! Oww Nohh. I have loads to do and I hope I can really focus on the things that I need to get done. Procrastination should be out of my student guidebook now. I'm turning 18 soon. I'm old enough to know not to procrastinate ey.

Here's a picture for your viewing pleasure. Interpret it however you want. I'm sure some of you will laugh.

xoxovon
Play it loud in the car while on the road: Taylor Swift's Fearless album
Done that :)

A Rainy Day

2009-07-23T17:52:00.002+08:00

Last week, my brother and I went to buy Domino's pizza and I saw a car with the plate number:

YS2890

I was so tempted snap a picture of it because it's significant. 'Y' and 'S' are my initials and '289' was my sports day number in Form 5, in which I was co-captain and my house won! AMETHYST ANNIHILATES! =D Since zero means zero so the '0' doesn't matter. Haha.

Tomorrow is Friday already. I can't believe the week has gone by so quickly. Soon it will be the weekends and then class resumes on Monday. I have not been able to contact many this week because I don't see you people online :( Azizul's online EVERY DAY like the Tyra on his blog. Eyes on screen, fingers on keyboard and ass on chair. Haha.

I've settled on an essay topic and I can't change it anymore after tomorrow morning. Media Censorship. Ahh.

xoxovon
When you've lost hope, get faith to help you find it again.

before I go to bed..

2009-07-22T18:16:00.003+08:00

I just finished my essay. It was actually suppose to be a short essay of at least 250 words but somehow and I don't know how or why, my word count says it's 400+. Haha. I wasted time? I need to catch up on my sleep tonight since I slept this morning!

I went to watch HP last night and I slept around 1230am, woke up 6 hours later. I.. closed my eyes and rested for a while during the movie =P haha. Transformers 2 was better.. It's free seating at the cinemas so if you want to get good seats, you'll have to come early and line up outside the cinema hall. WIDE-SCREEN MAN! It was so wide I told my brother "eh, the screen is too wide I can't see the whole thing". haha.. I just wasn't used to it I guess. And it's super clear unlike the one at Star where there are those disturbing white lines on the screen. Plus, NO SUBTITLES. Waahh. In M'sia there's BM, Chinese and sometimes Thai subs below. I told my bro again, "Like DVD wei..". Haha. Feel sakai lah.

There's Chuck and Prison Break on tv now..

I had to give a presentation with my friend this morning. It was a pair presentation and we chose to present about the piano. PRESENT, NOT TALK. There's a difference between those two ya.. After our presentation, my teacher asked a Saudi guy:

Teacher: Abdullah, what do you think Yvonne's accent was?
Abdullah: Umm.. Asian.
Teacher: Naww.. I think it sounded like.. Canadian-French or something..

Haha. My teacher's so funny. I sound like Celine Dion. Whee =P

I played badminton with my bro and his friend this afternoon. We booked the court for 2 hours. In between, we went to borrow a volleyball and played it for a while. I think it's so cold here that I didn't sweat much. If I was in M'sia, wahpiang.

Today, I'm happy and I'm sad
I felt good and I felt bad
I get to play badminton with bro
but something else happened though
I dropped my phone
but the fault was my own

I'm having a sore throat :(

I miss people..
and kolo mee

xoxovon
The week's almost over :S

Chasing time

2009-07-20T17:03:00.002+08:00

It's 9pm and as much as I feel like I want to sleep now, I have work to do. I am still quite full from dinner earlier. Steamboat! Round after round, for about one hour plus desserts (ice-cream). Waaahh.

I have to do research on the piano for my pair presentation which is this Wednesday XP. I'll read up on that after this. I feel like tonight's gonna be a long night. I still have to pick an essay topic. Eunice, you know me... I can't make up my mind, I'm indecisive! Ugh. That's one characteristic of mine that I would like to get rid of. I'm rushing to do everything before tomorrow night simply because I won't be free from 830pm onwards. The reason to that is because I'm going to watch HP.. Since the movie starts around 9, I've estimated that I'd be back home around 12am and I have to give a presentation the following morning.

Oh, Yvonne...priorities?? Well, Tuesday is movie day and I thought since my brother is going to watch I might as well tag along otherwise I won't have anyone to go with another time. Honestly speaking, I'm not a HP fanatic or a 'true fan' or a follower of HP but HP movies are full of adventures, ain't it? haha.. I didn't watch the previous one.

I wonder why I can write so much here and sometimes blank out when it comes to essay writing. My essay will have to be at laest 1200 words long and I'm already having trouble picking a topic. Sighs.

I'd better get on with work and stop loitering around my blog.

xoxovon
I miss my violin, somehow.
My teacher told me about the Manawatu Orchestra and she asked if I was interested. *gulp*

Windy Sunday

2009-07-19T18:33:00.002+08:00

I can hear the wind blowing.

Tomorrow's Monday, again.. which means CLASS(es).
9 till 3. Ahh =/
I know some of you have longer hours than I do.. none of my concern anyway. HAHA, kidding..

Goin to bed now.
Goodnight & take care. =)

xoxovon
Be ready.

I've survived one week of foundation

2009-07-18T19:04:00.005+08:00

Yesterday was Friday ey? .. Ah, yeah. Class was alright. We did vocabulary exercises and learned about word families. Only 5/11 showed up. I liked it small though..

I could have gotten home earlier yesterday but I missed the bus. It was so so so so close! Shuttle bus leaves Hokowhitu campus (where my class is) to Turitea (where Uni students have their classes) at 1145am. The bus that goes to my place leaves Turitea at 1150am. So, I wouldn't be able to catch that bus, mathematically. haha. But yesterday was different. My shuttle bus ALMOST reached the bus stop at main campus and I saw the bus passed by right beside me. I was like, "Oh dammit! If only the shuttle bus driver drove faster.." So I didn't have much choices then. I had to go to the City and take another bus home. This time I went to The Plaza while waiting for time to pass. I forgot what I did there but.. I nearly missed by ride home =P Waaaahhh Yvonne arhh. I was speed-walking to the bus terminal and I saw the bus driving out already. I waved my right hand to flag it down. Tsk tsk. Luckily for me, the driver stopped and let me in.

Last night, I went to an event called 'International Food Night' held at Uni. It was organised by the Christian clubs from uni. There were a lot of people from different countries, most who were present are uni students I think. We've got people from NZ, Malaysia, Indonesia, USA, England, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Japan, Samoa, China, Vietnam and a few others. The food was great! There was rojak! I wonder who brought that.. wahh made me miss Malaysian food :( Met new people there too. After dinner, there were performances by the Malaysians and Japanese, followed by a quiz. After that, there was a testimony and a talk. Before the night ended, we had desserts and people just hang out after that. My plate was full, so was my tummy. Oops, terlebih sudah. Haha.

Somehow I feel so young here. Haha. Maybe it's because all the people I know so far are older than me. I shall take it all in and put it in an airtight container. I am young.. :D However, I will be adding another year to my age soon. But someone else's are sooner! You know who you are..don't have to hide it. Haha. Ah, age ain't nothin but a number =)

A sign in Pak'N Save

I woke up at 11am today. Went online the whole afternoon and then went for a walk at 1650. Was bored at home and since I haven't been out of the house all day, I decided to go for a walk. Desperately needed exercise, man! Walking is exercise, right? :) Destination: Massey Uni Recreation Centre. My brother was playing football with his friends there so I planned to walk there and then hitch a ride in his car back home. The distance was about 3KM +/- .. It was a countryside walk, pretty scenic. I saw a cow, some horses and sheep along the way. I don't know why when I stopped to look at the sheep, they stopped doing whatever they were doing and looked at me too. haha. After a while, they got bored looking at me and turned away into the opposite direction. Without wasting anymore time and light, I continued my journey. I was afraid it'll get dark before I reached uni since I don't know how long it'll take to get there.

In the end, I made it before sunset! It took me approximately 30 minutes.. It didn't felt like half an hour to me though. Maybe because I was enjoying my walk. I got to exercise and breathe in cold, fresh air ey.

Had Domino's pizza for dinner. Yummy. Discounts for students too! Wow, feels good to be a student in Palmy :P The All Blacks won against the Wallabies by the way. NZ is a happy country now. haha. The Malaysian hockey team is coming over to play a few games against the NZ team too.. in August I think.

It's late now, but not in Malaysia =P I'm gonna head off to bed while you people in M'sia ... are still hanging around with your eyes wide open. Anyway, here's a picture of what 5.24PM looks like at my place.

Le, that's for you. I promised to show you how dark it is .. See. =P
Feel better and get well soon :) Drink more water, rehydrate.. less junk food, don't eat out too much.. and think positive :) Sometimes mind over matter helps.. k?

Neece, ask your dad to get you a webcam for your birthday. haha. I was suppose to write a post bout you hor? haha..

xoxovon
Funny example from a pastor at church last week: Lord give me patience, I want it NOW.

today wasn't so cold.

2009-07-16T16:58:00.003+08:00

I had quite an adventure of my own today. It was nothing big, I didn't climb rocks, get chased by mummies or anything like that. I wasn't so keen about class yesterday but today's class went pretty well, better than I had expected. Maybe because many didn't turn up so the class was small and another reason could be because my English teacher gave me compliments? Hehe. Simple words of praise like 'Good job', 'That's great' or 'Well done' can lift up a person's mood and at the same time instill confidence. I was pretty contented when she said I did a good job with my work. It was a short essay of at least 250 words on culture. It wasn't like wow-good though, in my opinion. Whatever it was, there's definitely more confidence in me after she had given me compliments and also some words of encouragement, if not by a mile then at least by a few centimetres. It's still better than nothing, right?

Class finished at 1130 this morning. What's the point of going to the computer lab because it'll only be 730am in Malaysia and which one of my friends go online at that time? Haha. I texted my brother to find out what time he was gonna go home. Since he was going back quite late, I decided to take the bus and go home on my own. However, once I reached main campus I got a little naughty. Purr meow. haha. I took the bus and headed to the City instead =P since there weren't any buses to my place in the next 2 hours from Uni. My plan was to get off at Main St terminal which is in the City, walk around and then take the 1235pm bus home. So I went to the post office to check something out and then walked around some more. I planned to go to The Plaza to buy keropok but the friggin' traffic light was taking too long. By the time I cross the road and go into The Plaza, I'd have to turn back around and walk back to the bus terminal. -.-" right?

When I got home, it was already around 1pm. I put the clothes out to dry them. It was sunny today! What a joy! :) I went to play the piano after that. There wasn't anybody at home so I might as well play songs I know with all my heart. Haha. When I was satisfied, I went to make my lunch. My brother wanted to get rid of the bacon so guess what I had for lunch? It rhymes with bitch. haha... Sandwich la.

I went out with my brother after my lunch. He wanted to go get a haircut. His tail is gone. Someone must be happy.. haha. While he was waiting for his turn, I went for a walk along the shops at Broadway Avenue. Sales everywhere. Mainly winter clearance sales.. I wanna get a jacket. I'm devoid of jackets. Haha. I found a toy at Farmer's which is so cute. Press its tummy and it makes animal noises. Did some grocery shopping after that.

Dinner was nice. Had beef noodles soup (tambah fishball, shrimps, veges, spices, an egg) My bro cooked, I helped :) It was filling. I'm still full now.. 3 hours after dinner. I did mention that muffins were one of my guilty pleasures.. Darn I couldn't help it. I'm munching on one now :S I want my post-NS figure back... haha.

Ahh what a long post. So free huh? Doing vocab in class tomorrow. Was gonna do my vocab exercises but I deviated.. too much. Oh, dear. Anyway, something with colours for you down here.

This was my breakfast on the day I left Auckland to Palmerston North. It was a heavy breakfast ey? I see 3 yolks, do you? Wow. I haven't had a sausage since that day. haha.
My cousin's wife cooks delicious food. From stews to pies to BLT sandwiches.

That's all..

Oops. Your faith has rewarded you with..

another picture! :D

This is my lunch for today. It's got bacon, cheese and lettuce in it. See, balanced diet ar. Protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, fibre, fat.. you name it, my sandwich's got it. haha. That's a hash brown up there.

Bedtime.

xoxovon
I have not forgotten although I'm thousands of miles away.

I waited for the bus and it was drizzling.

2009-07-15T18:13:00.002+08:00

Today was a bit .. new for me. Haha. Firstly, my class was only until 1100. Yay-ness. After that I hopped onto the Uni shuttle bus to the main campus. I hung out there until after 2pm while waiting for my bro to finish, he was on duty for Clubs Day. I could have taken the bus and get home earlier, before 12 noon but I thought "Nah, there won't be much for me to do at home besides going online, nap or *blank* and it's cold there.." so I decided to just stay at Uni. Library-student's lounge, back and forth and I walked around the campus but not too far away though coz I was afraid I'd be too lazy to go back to The Concourse where the library and student's lounge is. And then I wanted to walk to the Recreation Centre but it drizzled =( Wait, it rained and it drizzled. Go figure. Haha.

Oh, I burned my hand this afternoon when I was putting wood into the fire (at the fire place). . It was a clumsy, silly accident. Haha. I was poking the wood, trying to make it lie flat and still by using a medium-sized branch and the end of my right palm touched the metal thingy of the fire place. I suppose I was so into poking the wood I forgot about being careful =P Oh, Yvonne. How could you? It's just a small one, compared to the rice cooker incident a few years ago. Haha.

I went out for dinner today. My parents constantly remind to eat and not go hungry. They're worried that I'll start converting the prices of food and end up not eating at all. Haha. umm well, I do do that. Converting the price into RM. It's a habit already. No cure. Haha. I remembered what WY said, "Earn their money, spend their money then it's worth it.." Don't worry, I won't starve myself. In fact, I think the opposite will happen. Two words-weight gain. The food portions are big and there's meat everywhere plus my brother drinks FULL CREAM MILK not trimmed or the lite, slim ones. Dark blue caps are full cream while light blue or green are the less fat ones lar. Haha. Moreover, I don't get enough exercise here other than walking. NS RIADAH PLEASE! :)

I signed up for badminton club, Overseas Christian Fellowship (OCF) and Massey University Malaysian Student's Association (MUMSA), all of which I think my brother is a member of.

I better go to bed now. I wanna get over with tomorrow and the day after tomorrow (because there's class) and I look forward to the weekend. I hope there won't be anything that'll take up my precious weekend time (which I would use to catch up with my sleep). Please la hor, first week of class can? Aiya, don't wanna jinx it anyway.

Goodnight, cheers.

xoxovon
Keeping warm in winter.

Class: Day 1

2009-07-13T16:15:00.003+08:00

You're not gonna believe me when I say this but please, by all means, do. If you asked me, "Hey, Yvonne. What did you learn in class today?" I'd answer you, "I learned how to read." =)

Yes, you heard me. I learned how to READ in English class today. It's not exactly English class, the paper is called Foundation Studies in English for Academic Purposes. I've seen a lot of this word today, PURPOSE. I read a lot too. TOO MUCH READING IN A DAY FOR YVONNE. Haha. I don't read much, you see. My brother said my brain will only be vegetating and not doing much work this semester but I doubt that. I'm starting to feel the stress already. Haha. Maybe it's just me worrying too much about the upcoming assessments and assignments. Pft. English lecturer seemed so .. serious. Why so serious? =P My other lecturer is more loose and she inserts bits of humour along the way.

First day of class and I already have homework! Which is reading, loads of them. And also answering questions based on a topic. As you know I've not been writing much for the past 7 months hence my handwriting is like *inserts word that ryhmes with Pitt*. I find it difficult to write.. haha. I mean, my handwriting doesn't look like the one I expected it to turn out. You know, the slim and sorta tiny one which Eunice likes to complain about. "Von, your handwriting is blahblahblah..." I can blame the weather too, right? It's too cold that my finger and hand muscles become inactive or they stiffen up so I can't move them as smoothly and well as I can back in the tropical weather in Malaysia =P Even my teeth started chattering! See, I was asked to give a 30 secs presentation on clothing. I don't know why but my teeth were chattering, I thought I was gonna have a nervous breakdown. And then I realised, oh it's cold. Yeah, blame the weather again. Darn. haha.

I took the bus to school this morning :) Success.. And I'll have to take it again tomorrow, tomorrow.. and maybe tomorrow. Since my brother doesn't want to fetch me and he'd prefer that I use the bus so he can sleep more I suppose. Ah, bus rides are free anyway. The only downside to that is that I have to wake up pretty early to get ready and stuff. Breakfast, lunch, toilet time, walk to bus stop. I'll have to pace up because I'm known for 'taking my time' sometimes (outside of NS). Whoops, looks like Puan is laid back too. Tomorrow's gonna be another long day at class. 9am-3pm, I'll be at campus building before 830am. 5 hours of English by the way! I'm dead sure there's going to be heaps of reading. Man, words words words. Find this point, find that point. I think I'll be more entertained if you give me a word search puzzle. Anyway, lets be positive about things and look at the brighter side :) I'll have to pass the papers in order to continue the next semester so I might as well learn to have fun while learning, right?

I should stop and get on with my reading homework. Loads of them. *says 'why why why what the heck why do I need to ahhh whatever' in Japanese*

Wish me luck.
In the meantime, I'm waiting for someone to come online. Time difference, pftt.

xoxovon
One week in Palmy, 10 days in NZ.

Haere Mai. Welcome..

2009-07-12T13:23:00.003+08:00

It's a rainy and cold Sunday in Palmerston North.

I went to church with bro and dad this morning. It's been a while.. 2 weeks? My class starts tomorrow and I don't wanna start expecting this and that. I'll just try to go with the flow I guess. Oh well, whatever it is, life goes on.

Chatted with Azizul and he showed me some really cool t-shirts with cute and funny prints on them. Haha. I KNOW YOU KNOW YOU AND I WANT THEM =P

Umm.. I'm settling down. Oh, I can't miss class. Not a single one. Plus, if I'm late for class (lets say 10 minutes), I'll be marked absent! In order to be safe and according to one of my teachers, those who go to every class are the ones who pass their papers.

Since my recent posts have been picture-less, here's one for your viewing pleasure. Need to use visual aids for class presentation you know.. haha.

Cookie cookie!

xoxovon
1, 2, 3, 4.

Guilty pleasures

2009-07-11T12:47:00.002+08:00

Food wise..

KFC CHEESY WEGDES (back in M'sia)
MUFFINS
POTATO CHIPS aka KEROPOK
and more to come..

I'll show you what I had for breakfast one morning when I was here. Just wait.. haha.

xoxovon
Subway... eat fresh :D

One Week

2009-07-10T08:33:00.002+08:00

I've been away from home for about a week now. Wow.

It's Friday and I don't have anything on at school so I'm... free? Blogging from uni library. I'm not sure what are the plans for today but i think I'm gonna try taking the bus. Bus rides are absolutely free for Massey Uni students! Wheee. Just flip open my wallet/purse and show the bus driver my student ID card and I'm good to go.. Hehe.

Currently staying at a motel with dad, moving in with bro next week.

Times up, parking ticket's for an hour only.

kthxbye. hahaha azizul..

xoxovon
still cold..

These hands are shaking cold

2009-07-09T08:21:00.003+08:00

It's cold.

It's pretty hard for me to play the piano too 'cos my fingers are sorta stiff now. Haha. Felt difficult to move my fingers across the keys.. so now I can't play as smoothly and quickly as I could back home :( Darn it. Piano is therapy.

I'm at the computer lab now. I just got my pin number to access the computers this morning. Today's 2nd day of orientation and the intake for 2nd semester is usually very small. There are quite a number of returning students and only a few new international students. So, only NEW international students were required to attend today's orientation... and there's only 2 of us!! Me and another Chinese girl. So far, I'm not in any kind of trouble so that's good =P I hope there's nothing on tomorrow so I can have a longer weekend before class starts on Monday.

I have about 10 minutes left before I have to get back to orientation. It's lunch break now. Gonna have a tour of the Turitea campus later. It's effin' huge. And I can't wait to actually get some exercise and sweat off! My bro told me that they're playing volleyball and badminton this Saturday afternoon. If everything goes well, I might join them.

I haven't used my laptop since I reached NZ. Oh my. That's about all for now.
I miss you all, loads! Do you miss me? Haha
Cheers. haha

xoxovon
needs wireless, pronto. :P

From Auckland

2009-07-05T17:32:00.003+08:00

.. with internet access!

I'm currently at my cousin's place, using his Apple computer *Azizul goes :-O* Anyway, just wanna let you know I've arrived here safely and it's cold here. I bet ya'll knew that already.

I got my NZ mobile phone number. For those of you in Malaysia, especially Eunice (although I gave you my number already I'll type it out in case there was an error in conveying the numbers to you over the phone yesterday. To call your handphone expensive you know... Haha) here are the numbers:

+ 64 21212 8157

Don't forget the +64.

Till next time, bye :)

xoxovon

Going down to Palmerston Norh tomorrow.

I'm Leavin'

2009-07-03T18:49:00.003+08:00

Hi, world.

I'm blogging from KLIA, Golden Lounge now.

Thanks to you guys for everything (you know who you are, name-mentioning is not required). I can't blog long because I take quite a while to think and type and what I have in mind to blog about is pretty lengthy. So if I blog about it now I might miss my flight. Haha.

I'll update again once I reach New Zealand. Hopefully I can find a place to go online at Auckland. Sighs. Having mixed feelings now. I'm partially excited and the other part of me is .. missing my old life.

Till next time, :D

xoxovon
It's gonna be cold.

It's back

2009-07-02T00:54:00.002+08:00

I think I'm insomniac again.

I've been sleeping at around 230am every day and I'm not liking it. Maybe I should turn off the laptop earlier and see what happens =P

But seriously, I sleep later at home than at anywhere else. College is starting soon. Hmmm.

xoxoxon
Shit. I have loads to do..
Yea, tell that to yourself again, Yvonne. :/

kemaskini

2009-07-01T23:25:00.006+08:00

Eunice marah akan saya. Pada petang tadi dia pesan saya agar jangan 'online' terlalu lama malam ini tetapi saya telah mengendahkan pesanannya. Saya berasa sungguh serba salah sekarang..

Saya sepatutnya membuat persiapan kerana saya akan ke New Zealand pada hari Jumaat ini, iaitu lusa untuk melanjutkan pelajaran saya ke pusat pengajian tinggi ataupun lebih dikenali oleh ramai sebagai kolej/universiti. Tempat yang akan saya pergi adalah jauh daripada sini dan saya berasa agak berat hati untuk meninggalkan tanah air yang kucintai ini, Malaysia. Saya pasti akan merindui keluarga dan rakan-rakan saya yang berada di sini. Walau bagaimanapun, saya akan mencuba sedaya upaya dan belajar bersungguh-sungguh tanpa mengenal erti putus asa, bak kata pepatah, 'Usaha Tangga Kejayaan'. Sekiranya saya gagal mencapai matlamat saya dalam sesuatu perkara, saya tidak akan bermurung kerana bumi mana yang tidak ditimpa hujan? Saya akan bangkit semula dan mencuba lagi sehingga usaha saya membuahkan hasil.

Semasa di NZ, saya akan tinggal bersama abang saya untuk sementara waktu. Hal ini adalah kerana umur saya belum mencapai 18 tahun. Oleh sebab umur saya belum mencukupi, saya perlu berada di bawah jagaan orang dewasa. Apabila umur saya sudah mencukupi, saya boleh pindah dan tinggal di hostel universiti.

Setakat ini sahajalah lembaran pada kali ini. Sebelum saya mengundur diri, saya ingin mengucapkan tahniah kepada semua pembaca kerana telah berjaya membaca teks ini yang menggunakan Bahasa Malaysia sepenuhnya kecuali satu perkataan yang dipinjam daripada Bahasa Inggeris iaitu perkataan 'online'. Jika perkataan itu diterjemahkan kepada BM, perkataan tersebut akan berbunyi 'atas talian'. Oleh sebab bunyinya tidak berapa sedap dan agak pelik, saya telah memutuskan untuk meminjam perkataan 'online' untuk memudahkan keadaan dan mengelakkan sebarang kekeliruan. Namun begitu, saudara dan saudari sekalian yang akan menduduki peperiksaan SPM tidak digalakkan untuk menggunakan perkataan-perkataan Inggeris dalam menulis karangan atau menjawab soalan untuk kertas Bahasa Malaysia. Kalian hanya 'menggali kubur sendiri' jika berbuat demikian.

Maafkan saya, saya telah terpesong dan terlebih menaip. Saya tidak berniat untuk berbuat demikian.
Sebelum saya terlupa, 'Eunice' ialah kata nama khas iaitu nama seseorang. :)

HAHA are you dying to read an English word now? That was random. I was bored, pardon me. Haha.

I went to watch Transformers 2 this afternoon with Neece, WY, Albert, Emm, Rick & Ralph.
WAH. Syok man. I needed a movie to top Night At The Museum 2, gosh that one was.. if you haven't watched it you might as well not. It's not that interesting. Save that money and go buy yourself a Zinger combo meal =D

I haven't finished packing. YIKES.

xoxovon
Sam Witwicky: Hey, beautiful! I made you a long-distance relationship kit... I got you a webcam so we can communicate 24/7!
Mikaela Banes: Sounds cute. I can't wait...
Awww.. Where's your webcam, huh Neece?

Filler

2009-06-29T23:01:00.004+08:00

WHAT THE MOO!

I just realised I haven't touched the piano today. Hmm, sighs.

Playing the piano is somehow therapeutic for me but unfortunately it's 11PM now and I can't play the piano otherwise someone else would get loud. ;) I'm currently playing Saat Terakhir by ST 12, by ear. I'm happy with the intro I came up with :D

I have a lot of things to do in the next couple of days. Leaving on Friday, so soon. Still have to upload pics from previous outings and transfer files. Ahhh.

I better try to go to bed early tonight and take a good look at my room before I go. Aww.. sniff. haha.

xoxovon
Procrastinate, I shall not.
As if there's even time to do so. Hmph.

500 bucks richer

2009-06-29T14:17:00.002+08:00

Yes, I am :) Thanks to Yayasan Sarawak.

Went to Dewan Suarah this morning for the prize giving ceremony because...I had no other plans. Hehe. Neece mati mati wanted me to go mah. I think she did it on purpose, she wants me to wake up early and not be a pig, sleeping till 10 in the morning. I sleep very late, can. We just pretty much sat there, warm the chairs up and smile for the flashing cameras :D Neece was very happy lo when she saw all the cameras taking her picture. I mean, our picture.

Thank you, WY, for fetching me :) and Neece, for letting me put my stuff in your bag. Your bag is so handy that's why it's a handbag. Haha.

I do a lot of thinking sometimes. So I was thinking of NS again yesterday and I recalled a conversation which I definitely won't forget... The conversation was held at the hall, the morning of the day we were supposed to leave camp. Er yah. The sofas were still in front of the stage. I went over to have a chat with some friends and Cikgu Sapree was there. He called me over and we talked. He's daddy-like and very nice. And yeah, he does speak English to me at times.

Teacher: Hey, Yvonne. Come here, I want to talk to you.
Me: Yeah?
Teacher: I want to ask you something. And I want you to answer me honestly.

I was thinking to myself, "Ngaiti, why so serious?" Haha. What could he possibly ask and want an honest answer from me? =P

Me: Ha?? What question? Honest answer? :)
Teacher: Yes.. Do you have a boyfriend?

*explodes in laughter*

Me: No.. I don't have a boyfriend.
Teacher: Really?
Me: Yaahh.. don't have..
Teacher: Good. When you're studying, try not to get involve in relationships. It'll distract you..

HAHA. There's actually more to that. I just sorta summarised it =P He gives me a lot of advice. Oh-kay, I'm missing NS now. Sob.

On another note, watch this video if you haven't. Neece, this is especially for you since you 'complained' that you didn't watch it because I didn't post it up. Better watch it now then, or else I ask Belle to ask you to dance to Single Ladies (who knows you listen to Belle more than me. Haha)

xoxovon
4 more days..

There, I'll be.

2009-06-26T15:48:00.002+08:00

Next week. Well, 6 days to be exact. DARN IT :(

This is for Wei Yei because I told him I'd put up a map to show him where I'm gonna be at NZ. Haha. Come visit me, k?

Notice the smiley icon and the Oh-so-cute teddy bear pointing with its pretty pink wand? Haha. Okay la, maybe it's magenta.

Say it with me, Palmerston North. :) I guess that's all for now.

I know I've been sleeping very late since I got back from National Service. I thought I'd lose that bad habit of sleeping late but ...darn it. Sleeping late causes weight gain some more! Oh how I miss waking up early and spending the rest of the day with my eyes open (with blinking, of course) doing activities. RIADAH, where art thou? I need to exercise, period. I hope I won't put on (so much) weight when I'm at NZ cos' I'm really happy with what I benefited from NS :D Faham faham lah hor? Aiyah. I don't want to be a pear. Haha.

xoxovon

I'm not ready, yet.. Dang.

Gone

2009-06-26T14:53:00.002+08:00

Rachel has left Kuching. And soon it'll be my turn.

Mixed feelings. Hmm.

Albert, Neece, WY, JJ and I (and her youth friends) went to the airport to see her off. Oh, nostalgia..

Rachel sippin' on her drink :)

Ugh you JPA scholar kid.. haha. I'm kidding. You will be missed, my dear. Same goes to all my other *cough* JPA scholar friends too *cough*. That was a virtual cough, I'm alrite. Don't worry :)

xoxovon

R.I.P. MJ

The Sky Angel Cowboy

2009-06-25T22:53:00.002+08:00

Take 2 minutes of your time watching this. Just two.

Thank you.

xoxovon

He loves you and me. :)

Tagged by Neece

2009-06-25T15:10:00.003+08:00

1.The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the game the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged and ask them to play and read your blog.

Starting time: 3.19PM

Name: Yvonne
Sisters: Nil, let me cry like Neece also :'(
Brothers: 2
Shoe Size: 6-7
Height: last measured during mc was 156cm. Where got that short, right? haha
Where do you live: In a house
Favourite drinks: Plain water is da best.
Favourite breakfast: butter on toasted Gardenia's raisin bread

Have you ever been on a plane? yes
Swam in the ocean: yea
Fallen asleep in school? : no
Broken someone's heart : I don't know. haha. seriously though..
Fell of your chair: i guess so
Sat by the phone and waiting for someone to call: yeah. my dad. haha
What is your room like: it has a bed for me to sleep on.
What's right beside you? : space
What is the last thing you ate: raisin bread

Ever had
Chicken Pox: no, not yet... i know. :S
Sore throat: yea
Stitches: nope
Broken nose: nope.

Do you
Believe in love at first sight: nah
Like picnics: sure
Who was, were the last person; you danced with : umm.. at NS with a random friend? haha
Last made you smile : Eunice. Cos' she's SO FUNNY. Yah. :D
You last yelled at : Mom. Cos I couldn't hear what she said.. I'm a good child :D

Today did you
Talk to someone you like : I like Eunice, so yeah. haha
Kissed anyone : No.
Get sick : sick of having no access to internet, YES.
Talk to an ex : no
Miss someone : HEAPS.
Eat : of course
Best feeling in the world : happiness
Do you sleep with stuffed animal: no. they're mature enough to sleep on their own.
What's under your bed: stuff.
Who do you really hate: thou shall not hate :P

What time is it now: 3.28PM
5 things i were doing 10 years ago
1. sittingin class
2. having violin lessons
3. being a kid
4. play time with siblings
5. i wore glasses :D

5 things on my to-do list today.
1. meet up with friends
2. start preparing for nz
3. be positive
4. minimise what goes in my mouth. haha
5. Eunice is right, PRAY :D

5 snacks I enjoy
1. ice-cream
2. cold drinks
3. noughat. however u spell it
4. sio bee. hahaha
5. ais kacang!! @open air!

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire
1. save teh money
2. spend teh money
3. oh wait, pay for my education :D
4. vacation vacation vacation
5. give some to my parents :)

5 of my bad habits
1. i pop my ears, randomly

2. i snooze my alarm

3. i used to crack my fingers.. haha. i do it less now.

4. can't think

5. can't think. haha

5 places I have lived in
1. Tabuan Desa
2. Tabuan Heights

3. Hotels

4. Motels

5. service apartments. hahaha

5 people I'm tagging are
1) Azizul
2) Alicia
3) Eric
4) Rachel. HA! double tag! haha
5) Nat also lo..

Be Right Back.

2009-06-17T11:17:00.003+08:00

I will be away for a few days, away from Kuching that is. No, I'm not chasing Eunice around the world or wherever she's going to be at. It ain't worth chasing after her.. HAHAHA. Oh, how I miss laughing with her and AT HER (Neece, that's what you said oh).

Emmanuel's going to KL today, Eunice is going to Bali today.. I'll be going to KL later this evening. Whoah, what's with travelling on Wednesday? hehe. I hope everything goes well and may we all have a safe and blessed week!

xoxovon
I should take loads of pictures. Put more effort, Yvonne :)

Time Flies

2009-06-15T15:23:00.002+08:00

One week has gone by.. this time last week I was weeping. :'( *sniff* I can still feel it.

Anyway ....

I miss NS!! YES, UH-HUH. I need to workout and sweat badly too. RIADAH! Haha. There's not much activity at home, I can feel myself getting lazy unlike when I was at camp. Rajin dowh.. I can feel myself getting fatter too. Darn it. NEED VOLLEYBALL AND FRIENDS =D 7 a side, quick.

Imma go do PT 10 and KPK (Kucing Patah Kaki)... PT 10 sounds better :)

xoxovon

It's been a week!!! Noooooo!

My eyes.

2009-06-14T23:33:00.004+08:00

I am short sighted and I have astigmatism.

I went to check my eye the other day and finally, I know what my degree is. Before this I always forget to ask the optician guy :P

My short sightedness is 125 for both eyes, not that bad right? Meanwhile my astigmatism degree.. ahem, is shockingly .. lets just say it's a much bigger number..

600 and 525

Wah piang eh. That's nearer to 1000 than to 0 =P
My new lenses are on the way but I haven't picked out a frame yet. I'm really not in the mood to make choices now. Wait, I'm never one to ask when having to make choices. I'd be like "Hmm.. don't know" or "anything lah".. bad, bad habit. I must kick you away, bad habit. Hmph.

xoxovon

I don't like it bright.

Nostalgic

2009-06-13T21:55:00.001+08:00

I wanna blog about National Service but somehow.. I don't know where to begin. There's a lot to share and say about my NS experience. Honestly speaking, I don't regret going and for those people who haven't gone through it, thou shall not fret. Haha. To those who hate and didn't enjoy their time at NS, well too bad for you. I enjoyed mine :) We are only human and we have our own opinions on things.

My camp was Kem Putra Sentosa (KPS), Sematan. One of the Top 3 camps in Malaysia. I was initially posted to Betong ...thank goodness for the change of camp. Phew. KPS boleh lah boleh, KPS boleh..

......

I cried like hell. 4 times in a day. 8th of June, I will forever remember you.. Remember, remember, the 8th of June. Nah, doesn't ryhme. Once, after upacara penyerahan pangkat which was after midnite. Then at the hall in the morning before parting ways and boarding our bus. Third time at the airport and then fourth, back home.

Honestly, I miss NS.. the people, the activities, the life. It really gets to you after living together for many many weeks. Plus, we see each other all day. I never thought I'd be so close to people I only get to know for less than 3 months and at the same time have fun times with them, I think I was wrong. I miss a lot of people...

Now, the main reason I cried and choked at the airport... I didn't know how a day would be like without her around but now I do. At camp, I would look for her every day. She'd accompany me to check the medic, wait for me during meals and many more. I don't know. She's like a sister to me. Thinking about what to type makes me wanna tear up so I better stop before I have to cry myself to sleep tonight.

.....

(at KIA)

I helped her carry her backpack because I wanted to although she insisted on carrying it on her own. I guess I won the fight. Hmm, how childish :) I bought her Zinger because I promised her so.

I forgot what I was thinking as I accompanied her up to the Departures' area but I know for sure that I was never looking forward to sending her off because I knew I'd break down and cry, worse than a baby.

"Okay, I need to go in liao.."
"Ha? Nooo.... *pouts*"

I couldnt' look at her then as I was having a moment and about to cry (about to, not yet). *deep breaths* She told me not to cry. How can I not, I'm an emotional person. Tears started rolling down my eyes as we made our way towards the departure hall. Note: All sorts of comforting methods don't work at all at this moment. I've hugged her many times before, each one with its own abundant amount of tender, love and care (TLC) but having in mind that this could be the last hug, made the atmosphere even more ..sad *sniff*.

I've never seen her shed tears like that before. My little tiger, rawr :) Even teachers were crying. Teachers told them not to look back after going in but who can stop them, eh? I watched her walk in, go through immigration and then disappear from my sight. I thought to myself, she's really gone.. Still crying quietly and choking every few seconds, one of my teachers came up to comfort me.

"You see, only 2 months plus, not even 3 months.. and you people are so close to each other."

I felt needy, so I sent her a text message: Sook Yin...

Why and how do I remember these things, you ask? ..
Because they matter to me :)

Sook Yin and me.. I love this picture =)

How we became close to each other, that remains a mystery to the both of us. Seriously, we don't know either. It just happened.

Oh, I'm not that much shorter than her, it's an optical illusion =P

Inilah saat terakhir ku melihat kamu

Jatuh air mataku menangis pilu

Hanya mampu ucapkan selamat jalan kasih
-Saat Terakhir by ST 12

That song will never retire from my mind.

xoxovon

I MISS YOU.

Salam Sejahtera.

2009-06-11T12:21:00.003+08:00

I'm back.

Was back on Monday. Haven't really settled down yet. I need to get used to living life outside of NS.. because I miss it. Weird, I know. Oh well, everyone's got their own opinions.

A non-related picture. Sheesh.

Will update soon.

xoxovon

Missing you, and you..
and you,

and you ...

4 weeks.

2009-05-12T09:51:00.003+08:00

I call it a big lollipop.

He calls it Twirl Pop.

Be back in 4 weeks. Oh no..

xoxovon

I don't wanna close my eyes cos' I don't wanna miss a thing.

update

2009-05-11T14:37:00.002+08:00

Hi, people outside Kem Putra Sentosa.

I'm back for a while (semester break, kononnya) and I'll be going back to camp tomorrow. Sighs. My Zu En Jie is now in Labuan and I won't get to see her in person again for quite sometime ='( Sad lo. Some of my NS friends are back in KL. Sad again lo. *huge SIGH*

I feel lazy so here's an update to let you all know that I'm alive and I didn't forget how to use the computer.

JPA rejected me. Oh my what a week, all the sad things.

Time flies. Hmph.

xoxovon

Take care =)

I feel jiwang & I met Jason at the clinic.

2009-04-11T22:43:00.003+08:00

I love this song although I don't really get it. =P

You need to play it out loud.

I love singers who sound like him or Chris Daughtry or Chad Kroeger.

xoxovon

Saturday night buffet @ Four Points was WOW.

Dance prank

2009-04-11T09:00:00.000+08:00

A dance prank video by Robert Hoffman. You know, that hot dude from Step Up 2. His YouTube username is punchrobert.

xoxovon

I'm running dry.

Today's 411. :)

Home again.

2009-04-10T22:54:00.007+08:00

TGIF.

It's Good Friday, the day Christ died on the cross, and will rise again 3 days later.

I'm back (yet again) because there's Good Friday break for Christians. =) Who wouldn't wanna come home when permission is granted?

I went to tHe Spring with friends this afternoon. It was a scrappy last minute thing. I wanted to see my friends mah.. But unfortunately I couldn't hang out for a long time cos' I had to go to mass before 430pm. I reached church before 430 and it was already packed!

Here are some still pictures since there hasn't been any lately.

He was probably staring at the 2 aunties waiting outside because there weren't any seats left for them in Secret Recipe. Aww.. I bet he didn't even realise that I was taking a picture of him. Thus, a picture for you :)

Her head turns into any direction that has either nice clothes, shoes, accessories, grand sales, cute dogs and everything else cute. Oh wait, she'll point her finger towards that direction too. However, in this case she was actually turning away from having her picture taken. How can like that?! Belle, smack her :D

Rachel!! The oh-so-adorable funbox and a good driver (I mean it in a good way). A friggin' inconsiderate driver parked his/her Kenari behind her car leaving limited space for her to reverse out but lucky you she managed to get out safely. I was 'this close' *holds thumb and index finger very close together* to having a b**** fit.

See, she stayed still and let me take her picture unlike the girl in green up there. Rachel guai :D This little funbox has so much energy that if you take collect all her energy and convert them into electrical energy, it'll light up the whole world. Aww.. what a metaphor =P

There's never a dull moment with Mel. See, his face is a bit blur because he's always shaking (Neece & Rach, you know lah). Haha. He never stops moving. No wonder he's so skinny. He burns all that fat by constantly moving. Haha. He made Big Barney attack Mini Barney at the toys' section.

We were all thrilled to see the toys that were on display. Water guns, play dough, plastic cooking set, plastic food, etc. Kids these days.. tsk.

Mel: Who wants to eat McD?
Rach/Neece: Eee me!! I want!

Mel: *holds up a mini backpack containing plastic McD food*

Everyone: *burst out in laughter*

Seriously. I only had the toy utensils back then and not the food. I had to imagine there was food on my toy plate and tea in my oh-so-cute toy cup. Ahh.

WY: Neece, come. I buy you a laptop.

Neece, It was so colourful. Why you don't want? All the children in the world will envy you if you have it. Haha.

Peace be with you.

*sings* Dalam Yesus kita bersaudara...

I look.. orange/brown. Oh my. Look, I AM darker. I'm not lying. Kolien my face and neck jadi mangsa kepada the evil UV ray. Haiya at least soon Neece will have someone to teman her, skin tone wise..

It seems like WY wants to give more peace to the world. =D

xoxovon

I can appreciate .. and I am still learning how to.

Bleeding Love

2009-04-07T00:06:00.000+08:00

Ahhh.

xoxovon

My heart melts into the ground  Found something true

Acoustic covers, I love.

2009-04-04T00:32:00.002+08:00

Note: Since I'm away and these posts are scheduled, you'll be seeing mostly videos here. Oh the wonder of scheduled posts. Makes you think that I'm here when I'm not.. Bummer.

You're gonna love this. He's so good I'm envious. :(

Ne-Yo

Kanye West Medley. Go figure the songs..

xoxovon

Do you like this, Jason? Haha.

Give me a shoutout so I know that you're here. =P

Hello

2009-04-01T00:02:00.001+08:00

I'm back... :)

I really am!! This isn't some April Fool's joke (which I did think of before I went to NS but yea, I'm really back).

I came back on Monday afternoon because I had my JPA interview thingermajiggy on Tuesday morning. Haha. I reached Pustaka Negeri Sarawak around 750-ish and I thought I was gonna be so late but it turned out that I still had to wait for quite a while before my turn. Like, one hour plus.. ? And I'm going back to Sematan this afternoon. Noooooooooo!

I met Joan, Ernest, Serene & Albrinz yesterday morning.. Happy? Indeed =). All of them went in before me so I was pretty much left alone waiting at the library entrance. I saw a group of people discussing, studying, reading scripts and whatever.. that intimidated me, a little. The fact that they researched, studied, read and I didn't do any of those (not that I have the time to) worried me. I overheard one of them asking the other the name of Malaysia's current Sultan. *poof*Tuanku Mizan*poof* I didn't approach them and mingle with them because that would just be awkward, no? It'll look as if I'm only trying to dig infos from them. So I waited and waited for Ernest to come out and I asked him how it went. He said it was okay. That was enough for me I guess. I didn't want to freak out, worry myself with what sort of questions they would ask and have a nervous breakdown minutes before my interview.

I was the only Pharmacy applicant in my group. Two Dentistry, one Medic and one Engineering.

I think I'll keep the rest of what happened that day to myself. Lazy to elaborate. TEEHEE (inside joke) haha.

Oh, I went to an eating outlet called SHARING PLANET with friends. The place was nice and oh my, my Spaghetti Carbonara portion was huge. Or maybe I'm not used to having good food since NS =P The pricing was reasonable too. Eunice kept dipping her french fries into my sauce and she stole one of my turkey ham. HAHA. Aiyah, share share ma, hor? Sharing is caring. Furthermore, the place is called SHARING PLANET. Wahsehman.

It was a good Tuesday. I was happy to be able to meet my friends. *cough* Joan has something for me but she doesn't want to give it to me yet =( Motivation to get over NS? Haha. I owe you, Jie. And I wanna play Wii at your house!

And to dear Belle, take care. You're 17. Haha.

xoxovon

I think my face and neck are darker now.

Skillzzz. + Birthday shoutouts!

2009-03-26T09:00:00.001+08:00

With skills like that, you don't even need to have someone sing the song.

What?

xoxovon

Happy Birthday to Joan my Zu En Jie! (26th March)

Also, I would like to give brthday shoutouts

to Nathaniel (29th March) and Jason (30th March).

Sorry I can't be physically present (if you guys are celebrating)

but I hope I'm present, mentally, in your hearts and minds!

You do miss me right? Haha.

God bless and all the best!

With love.

Daft Hands

2009-03-24T11:48:00.000+08:00

I saw this on The Ellen Degeneres Show last year I think.. I just thought I'd post it up.

xoxovon

Harder, better, faster, stronger.

Happy Birthday to Lovelyn! Sweet 16!

If I practised hard enough...

2009-03-20T09:15:00.001+08:00

Is this sick or what? DAYUM. =)

xoxovon

Miss me? :P

Hello, Goodbye.

2009-03-18T22:57:00.006+08:00

I'll be leaving for National Service tomorrow (unlike someone *cough*Annabelle*cough*).

Yes, you're allowed to miss me as much as you want to. There are no extra charges for missing me while you sleep. That'll only score you extra points in our friendship. . :D

I'm gonna miss my room and everything about my life, before NS that is. My mom thinks I'm gonna get slimmer and fitter when I come back and of course, darker. Then I can be dark chocolate like Eunice and Emm. Haha.

Life is all about living it to the fullest and with NS, comes another experience.

Oh by the way, I passed my driving test yesterday! FYI, I had to redo my hill thingy because I overshot and the JPJ guy asked me to go all the way back down and start over. My engine stalled once too during my on-the-road test. I had Route C. There was a Learner's car in front of me and it was going darn slow lo. I was probably distracted by that and forgot to change the gear. And then a 4WD almost knocked my car lo. I already signalled left, checked my side mirror (okay, clear) and was turning left slowly and suddenly I saw something brown closing in. Dayum luckily I saw that otherwise I would have gotten into an accident. Hey Mr. 4WD Driver, cannot 'nio' me is it? My car is number 7 and got that spinning light on top of it some more... Thank you to the kind invigilator for not failing me, scolding or yelling at me. I'm not sure if he even noticed that one..

I met a friend too, after 5 long years.. or more. :)

So here I go, signing off.

PS: Don't poke me so much on Facebook while I'm away. Haha.

xoxovon

Gimme a shoutout by leaving me a comment. I love comments, no as(s),buts or ifs. Haha.

Would love to be in your prayers :)

Bowling for fun

2009-03-17T23:27:00.003+08:00

I went bowling tonight at Crystal Bowl with Rachel, Neece, Jason, Emm, Julie, Janice and Leon. Leon didn't play but he sat there and gave us 'moral support'. Haha. Rachel's name is first cos' she fetch me :D

Rachel and I reached there first. Not long later the others arrived. I thought of karaoke-ing after bowling so I asked the lady at the counter..

Me: Lagu semua Melayu kah?
Lady: Ya.
Me: Moden?

Lady: *just looks at me*
Me: Lagu moden kah?
Lady: Semua Melayu..
Me: okay..

Then I as I walked away I passed by the karaoke booth and the people inside were singing 'More Than Words' by Westlife. All Malay songs?? Huh.

We girls cuci longkang many many times lorh. But I did get a strike hor though this is my first time bowling :) Neece said going bowling is a waste of money cos' she doesn't know how to play... and yet she joined us boh. Haha. After I got my strike, I bowled pretty badly! 3 times back to back cuci longkang ah! I think it's because I bowled the same time as Julie. Haha. Oh ya, Lane 17 so lousy one. Always malfunction. They should give us 'free game' coupons for that.

After we finished bowling, Jason and Emm wanted to play again. So we let them face off each other coz they're the best in the bunch while us girls (Rach, Neece, Ju & I) went to sing karaoke. Rm1.50 for one song. When she passed me the song file, I was shocked. She told me all Malay songs ho, but then there were pages and pages of English songs, alphabetically some more. It was hard to make a choice. In the end, we chose 'My Humps'... No comments. Haha. Only us girls knew what went on inside the karaoke booth. My goodness, we laughed our bums off singing that song or at least we tried.. Good exercise though, the laughing. Laughing is good for our health.

We went for supper at Peach Garden after that. I'm too lazy to elaborate because I'm running out of time :)

Having Eunice driving me around is fun. The oh so random things happen when you're with her. *flashbacks* . . HAHA.

xoxovon

I'm definitely in for bowling when I get back. Wait for me :)

badminton too!

Singing dork

2009-03-17T23:16:00.003+08:00

His voice is so sexy. And he's a pharmacist. AHHHH! Haha.

Thanks to him, this is the only WonderGirls song I know. So nice I

wished he was singing it to me and me only. Haha.

Hot Asian pharmacist. =D Videos are for you, Jason! And others who are here now.. Haha.

xoxovon

Click here to view singindork888's YouTube page.

Dilemma

2009-03-17T23:08:00.002+08:00

I have a dilemma. I'm indecisive. Neece, I bet you knew that..

Cute purple or common red?

I think I'm gonna go with purple. Hope no one steals my pail and my stuff loh. Otherwise, beeeeetchhh. Haha.

xoxovon

So soon. Sighs.

bla?

2009-03-13T22:40:00.003+08:00

I have some news.

I'm not going to Betong anymore. I thought I was, but no. *cheers*

I'm going to Sematan.. *jeers* Trainees from this camp are telling me that it's.. 'not so good'. So now I'm having mixed feelings about going. Last week I was hoping so much that they'd reject my appeal so that I can just go to Betong and enjoy the long bus ride, or at least I can try to.

But apparently they accepted my appeal to switch camps. I received both my NS notification letter and the acceptance letter on the same day which was yesterday, the same day I got my SPM results. Wow, what a day right? And to whoever who said Bau camp will be closed for 2nd batch, what la!

I went to Blablabla for dinner last night with some friends. Eunice's idea, I think. Because.. she starved for the whole day and wanted to eat good food at a fancy, pretty restaurant. =D Rachel picked me up but Jason drove her car. So, thanks to... both of you. Haha.

Jason dropped us off in front of The Junk and he drove off to park the car. So, Rachel, Ryner and I were standing in front of The Junk, looking left and right, wondering where Blablabla was because we couldn't see it.

Me: *asks the lady at forgot which restaurant* Erm.. Where's Blablabla?

It felt so weird. Blablabla? HAHA.

We almost couldn't go home that night, ALMOST. But thank goodness they had the brains and brawns to get us out of Ting & Ting's parking lot. 'They' because I wasn't at the scene when they found the solution.

I'm still waiting for the pictures from you know who you are. Haha. Faster loh!

xoxovon

I volunteered to help out at CMC tomorrow. :/

ABDC

2009-03-13T00:39:00.012+08:00

*Update* Happy 18th Birthday to Stefanie! ~xo~

Yay. Jason likes me posting vids. Haha. Thanks for appreciating
(unlike Eunice). Haha, kidding duh. So this is for you JaJo.
(Like Lindsay Lohan is LiLo so you're JaJo) Haha. Oh my lame eh.

This is Quest Crew from America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC) Season 3.

Asian invasion babeh.

Not only can they dance, they're funny too.

Week 2: Kick boxing challenge

Week 3: Britney Challenge

This is how to dance femininely without being creepy.

('All the single gaydies' is quite creepy. haha) They also have to do a routine blindfolded.

Week 5: Illusion Challenge

They have to make something go through someone's body.

Week 7: Hip-hop Decathlon

This is worth it.

xoxovon

I wished I had the ryhthm to move like them.

My blogger a bit cacat. grr

Just Dance.

2009-03-13T00:35:00.003+08:00

Red One. Gaga. This is good.

Gotta love Ellen. . and ah John Mayer! He's hot with short hair and

he's got humour. Haha.

Ellen's bathroom concert series was inspired by Rin on the Rox I

suppose. Check them out on YouTube.

xoxovon

du du du du just dance.

PLKN The Musical

2009-03-12T00:22:00.006+08:00

Ready? Heck no I am not. Haha.

1 week!! Dang.. I'd probably be singing this song a lot when I get

back from NS so beware. HAHA

xoxovon

I need some comfort :S

Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow

2009-03-11T23:10:00.005+08:00

Today is the last day of freedom, post-SPM =P

I'm having mixed feelings about tomorrow.. I wanna know how I did and at the same time I don't really wanna know. People, especially teachers have such high expectations and I'm afraid of failing to live up to their expectations. I know how I did and I'm cool with that although I knew that I could've done better, everyone feels that they could've done better. But, there's no point worrying or regretting what I've done during the exams because I can't change the past. Absolutely no way.. unless I borrow Guy Pearce's time machine so that I can go back into the past but Oopsie, his one malfunctioned and travelled into the future instead.

So.. we'll see. Hope it'll be all right *fingers crossed*

Oh, I woke up this morning to watch the Liverpool vs Real Madrid match. I was so tired cos' I slept really late (like at 1 in the morning I don't know why) so I woke up at 0400 hours instead of 0300 hours. I thought I'd miss the first half but fortunately I didn't. It was only the 36th minute when I turned on the tele. To my surprise, the score was already 2-0, going Liverpool's way. Like since when do they score goals in the first half? Pft. After the match ended, I went back to sleep happily :)

After watching the repeat earlier, I feel bad for Real Madrid. I don't think it was a handball. Anyway, go Reds! *sings* You'll Never Walk Alone....

Tomorrow's alphabet of the day is *drumroll* . . . A!

pft.

xoxovon

I wish I knew what's going on inside of me.

Amazing Speed Painting

2009-03-04T00:48:00.006+08:00

I couldn't figure out what she was trying to paint at the beginning. Oh me =P Just wait 'til the end, so worth it. She painted with the canvas upside down some more! Oh ya, with one leg up in the air too.

xoxovon

She friggin' painted a portrait of ... (don't scroll down until you're done watching)

Bruce Lee!

How bad, I ask.

2009-03-03T00:28:00.009+08:00

Liverpool friggin' lost to Boro'. Ugh

How bad are things gonna get? Sometimes I just laugh at the less fortunate things that happen to me. As if getting selected for 2nd batch of NS isn't bad enough...

My dad is going to China for a golf trip and won't be able to send me off. Then, I found out I'm posted to Betong. Oh Betong, I can't say more. Later that night, Mom knocked on my room door and this:

Mom: What time do you have to report yourself?
Me: In the morning.. 930 ..

Mom: Oh. I can't send you then. I have to sit for PTK..

Me: *like seriously what the...*

So what now?

And can I just say something. 2nd batch's training ends on June 8th? 1st and 2nd June are the Gawai public holidays and then 6th June is Agong's birthday or something. So might as well let us return home for good like at the end of May right? :D

A lot of people are getting sick now, I noticed. Eg. my brother and Eunice and WY. I think Eunice is sick because she hung out with a certain sick person too much. Haha. Anyway, I wish you all well.

Eunice's nose is running. And I love this song. It's slow. Plus, I can go ahead and feel mushy :)

I miss No Doubt.

They're touring. I wish I could go watch them. Oh U.S of A.

I think I speak for all 2008 Form 5-ers by asking when will the SPM results be out? Dear MOE, it's about time you give us a date so that all the rumours can stop. We wanna know but we don't wanna know, you know?

xoxovon

Run
Running all the time
Running to the future
With you right by my side

Me
I'm the one you chose
Out of all the people
You wanted me the most
I'm so sorry that I've fallen
Help me up lets keep on running
Don't let me fall out of love

Running, running
As fast as we can
Do you think we'll make it?
(Do you think we'll make it?)
We're running
Keep holding my hand
It's so we don't get separated

Be
Be the one I need
Be the one I trust most
Don't stop inspiring me
Sometimes it's hard to keep on running
We work so much to keep it going
Don't make me want to give up

Acoustic Medley

2009-02-22T22:35:00.002+08:00

Eunice hates it when I post videos =(

I post vids cos' you're too busy yourself to go video surfing on YouTube mah .. I pick out the good ones for you. Haha.

Sharing is caring =D

Boyce Avenue

Ahh. So nice.

That's actually the lead singer only. Boyce Avenue is a 4-piece band.

I'm gonna go watch tv now. Football babeh.

xoxovon

I wanna meet Taylor Swift and Beyonce.

I wanna hang out with Taylor and ... have Beyonce teach me the 'Single Ladies' dance. Haha.

Somewhat interesting week

2009-02-22T00:35:00.010+08:00

Well, my life's not that interesting that's why there's a 'somewhat' up there. See, I'm single, a school leaver, unemployed and I don't have my driving license yet. Yet, take note. Which means I will get it soon.

The other day I watched Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging on YouTube up until Part 4 when dear oh dear laptop decided to pass out. Dayum. It was very late already anyway so I went to bed. Very late as in .. 2 in the morning.

BION, I only found out what 'PWN' and 'DAYUM' means this week. Like wth right? How come idk what dayum means? Azizul LOLed at me when I told him I thought 'dayum' was a Korean word. ROFLMAO. -.-" NAVY means Never Again Volunteer Yourself and SWAK means Sealed With A Kiss. Hey, 'SOB' also means 'Stressed Out Bigtime'. And the next time I say 'I miss you', I'm also TOY (Thinking of you). When they say 'Yaba Daba Doo' it means 'Yet another bloody acronym Daba Doo'. Haha jk. Wow that's WTMI. For more chat or text messaging abbreviations visit http://www.techdictionary.com/chat.html. I'm done :)

Oh oh! Yvonne went to tHe Spring too! (Finally. After Yvonne persuaded Eunice to bring her go kai kai at tHe Spring the week before but she said she doesn't know how to go down to the carpark. Samseng style mah Neece..) And Yvonne had donuts. Yummmm... but Yvonne forgotten how they taste like leh. Next time chia Yvonne okay, Eunice? YAY. Yes, Yvonne likes to refer to herself in the 3rd person now instead of using 'I', just to add some variety. Haha.

I had a haircut on Friday while other people were busy monopolizing streets, train stations and squares made of cardboard no larger than their palms by throwing dices and using colourful paper money. Haha.

Besides that, I tried calling Hitz.fm when Jason Mraz's 'I'm Yours' was played but I couldn't get through everytime. I think I had 3-5 attempts and for each attempt I called like a gazillion times. I called in throughout the whole song and even after the song ended. It was either the 'lady phone operator' apologizing to me, the line was busy or the dial tone. When I heard the dial tone (you know that dut dut __ dut dut __ dut dut tone) I was so hopeful but kanasai loh my call wasn't answered and I was cut off. I decided to let it go after those few times. I decided to try that out of boredom one evening while I was in the car, waiting for my brother. It's not that I want the tickets so so badly but hey, I have nothing to lose. And those are expensive tickets they're giving away! Who knows Jason Mraz might ask a female audience to sing Lucky with him on stage =P And I could be his 'best friend' whom he is 'in love with'. Haha.

Dad: Wanna drive? I let you drive my car..
Me: Serious? You say one oh..

And so I did. I drove the almighty Land Cruiser with my mom beside me and my brother at the back seat. It was pretty fun and a little scary because I've only driven one type car in my life, Kancil.

Mathematics Form 4: Chapter 4 (Implications)

If p, then q.

Antecedent: Kancil = kancil

Consequent: Land Cruiser = gajah

If Kancil = kancil, then Land Cruiser = gajah

I rock in this chapter =)

It's so 'early' I should go to bed now.

xoxovon

Why do I do this to myself? Sigh.

One-Woman Show

2009-02-21T01:22:00.005+08:00

Her parodies are hilarious. I love the Miley Cyrus and Womanizer ones.. Haha.

Octo-Mom Song by VenetianPrincess

xoxovon

Shawty's got mo mo mo mo mo...

Applause

2009-02-20T22:17:00.000+08:00

Another email:

A famous football coach was on vacation with his family in Maine. When they walked into a movie theater and sat down, the handful of people there applauded. He thought to himself, "I can't believe it. People recognize me all the way up here."

Then a man came over to him and said, "Thanks for coming. They won't start the movie unless we have ten paying people or more."

xoxovon

Jangan perasan..

Lawak

2009-02-19T19:37:00.004+08:00

Entertaining. Like who doesn't like Physical Ed. class? However, it

does get boring in secondary school.. Sigh.

xoxovon

Ba ... Bila.

School is cool

2009-02-14T23:40:00.003+08:00

I admit, I kinda miss school. I've been doing the same things for what, 11 years straight.

So I sat with Joan for two years in a row (because we planned to), since Form 4. My classmates who were sitting in my area speak mostly Mandarin all day long, even to me unless I really can't understand them. Catch no ball mah.. Anyway, I'm proud to say that my Mandarin has improved thanks to these bunch of people. Especially, Joan of course. Haha. And I can write other words besides my name, you, me and love. Pft. Banana no more, I am.

And so I was chatting with Joan earlier and I wanted to write 'hao'.

That's what happens when I don't go to school :(

I wrote it wrongly. How embarrassing. She must be disappointed at me (Nah, she isn't). Haha.

xoxovon

I wanna go to school, seriously. Like just crash into one of the F5 classes and sit at the back.

*Mental note* Lina's class! Haha.

Valentine

2009-02-14T23:20:00.003+08:00

Kina Grannis-Valentine

love, it's a special day.
we should celebrate
and appreciate
that you and me found something pretty neat
and i know some say this day is arbitrary

but it's a good excuse to put our love to use
baby i know what to do, baby i will love you
i'll love you, i'll love you.

love, i don't need those things
i don't need no ring
i don't need anything
but you with me, cause in your company
i feel happy oh so happy and complete

and it's a good excuse to put our love to use
baby i know what to do, baby i will love you
i'll love you, i'll love you.

so wont you be my honey bee
giving me kisses all the time
be mine, be my valentine

so wont you be my honey bee
giving sweet kisses all the time
be mine, be my valentine

I love that she goes all out, doing shoutouts and birthday wishes in every video.

Kudos.

xoxovon

Watching Jon and Kate Plus 8, still :)

Towel Misunderstanding

2009-02-14T00:48:00.002+08:00

From an email:

One day a child at my four-year-old's Sunday school class told her classmates that she needed a 'damp towel.' Some of the other kids thought she said a naughty word and told on her.

The teacher stepped in to explain, "If your mommy asked you to bring her a damp towel, what does she want?"

A little girl blurted out, "She means she wants that towel right now!"

TGIF ... the 13th

2009-02-13T23:25:00.003+08:00

Damn I left my lip balm downstairs again. And my face cream! ..locked in a room.. UGH.

Everyone must be so excited about tomorrow because it's Valentine's Day or V-Day and didn't realise that today is Friday the 13th. *cues horrow music* O.O

I went kai kai today. Yay. Thank YOU. Haha. And it's mid February already :(

xoxovon

Happy Valentine's Day *heart balloons*

eek.

Story of the day

2009-02-11T23:50:00.008+08:00

Azizul asked me to drop by his blog to check something out and so I did..

Zaty auditioned for AF!!!!! What a shocker! Haha. Click here

Just the other day she randomly asked me to go bowling with her but I couldn't. Wow. Oh by the way judges, my friend's got more personality than most of the previous AF winners. =P And damn, she can sing :) Anyway, she's way beyond AF standards. Haha. I just think somehow they've got the wrong winners in certain seasons and there were more deserving ones, the ones that can actually SING.

xoxovon

Nothing

How they went from 43rd to 44th.

2009-02-07T16:46:00.005+08:00

Got this from an email.

Smooth transfer and takeover...

Freaky?

xoxovon

Adam Lambert looks like Joe Jonas, ..from a certain angle that is.

Pick-up lines

2009-02-07T00:34:00.006+08:00

Read this. Click here, you can't possibly miss this with your cursor can't you.

My turn! .... We should be lab partners because you and I, we have chemistry :-O

I've always wanted a shirt that says 'I *heart* Nerds'. Haha

xoxovon

I feel like a pregnant woman although it's been 3 hours after dinner. bleh =P